Provisional Schedule
Day 1
| Time |
Session |
Presenters |
| 08:15 – 08:45 |
Registration |
|
| 08:45 – 12:30 |
The basic assumptions of spatial estimation methods; Inverse Distance interpolation methods; Classical statistics: the Normal distribution. |
Dr. Isobel Clark |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:30 – 5:00 |
Statistical methods: the lognormal distribution; confidence levels; standard errors; grade/tonnage curves. |
Dr. Isobel Clark |
Day 2
| Time |
Session |
Presenters |
| 08:30 – 12:30 |
Construction and interpretation of semi-variograms; identification of trends; multi-component models; confirmation of basic assumptions; outliers. |
Dr. Isobel Clark |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:30 – 5:00 |
Geostatistical methods: the experimental semi-variogram; modelling semi-variograms; trends; anisotropy; geological features |
Dr. Isobel Clark |
Day 3
| Time |
Session |
Presenters |
08:30 – 12:30 |
Variations on kriging; lognormal methods; indicator methods; non-linear geostatistics; regression problems (conditional bias); simulation. |
Dr. Isobel Clark |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:30 – 5:00 |
General discussions and case studies. |
Dr. Isobel Clark |
