Ruben (et al)
It is true that Matheron's theory is based on no
distributional assumptions. In fact, there is no
requirement for the distribution to be the same at
every location in the study area.
The necessity for using traditional geostatistical
theory is that the 'difference between two
Marek
Although theoretically non-point support has no reason
to be lognormal, in practice it very often is. We have
had good results in estimating areas and volumes,
although we have limited experience with non-point
support of any significance.
You can test the persistency of lognormality by
