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Geostatistics Toronto 2021

Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics

  • Provides state-of-the-art theory and application in geostatistics
  • Contains peer-reviewed articles of world-leading expert authors
  • Expands and incorporates Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning geostatistical applications
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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Geostatistical Heterogeneity Metric for Spatial Feature Engineering

      • Wendi Liu, Léan E. Garland, Jesus Ochoa, Michael J. Pyrcz
      Pages 3-19Open Access
    3. Iterative Gaussianisation for Multivariate Transformation

      • A. Cook, O. Rondon, J. Graindorge, G. Booth
      Pages 21-35Open Access
    4. Comparing and Detecting Stationarity and Dataset Shift

      • Camilla da Silva, Jed Nisenson, Jeff Boisvert
      Pages 37-42Open Access
    5. Simulation of Stationary Gaussian Random Fields with a Gneiting Spatio-Temporal Covariance

      • Denis Allard, Xavier Emery, Céline Lacaux, Christian Lantuéjoul
      Pages 43-49Open Access
    6. Spectral Simulation of Gaussian Vector Random Fields on the Sphere

      • Alfredo Alegría, Xavier Emery, Xavier Freulon, Christian Lantuéjoul, Emilio Porcu, Didier Renard
      Pages 51-59Open Access
  3. Petroleum

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. Geometric and Geostatistical Modeling of Point Bars

      • Ismael Dawuda, Sanjay Srinivasan
      Pages 63-79Open Access
    3. Application of Reinforcement Learning for Well Location Optimization

      • Kshitij Dawar, Sanjay Srinivasan, Mort D. Webster
      Pages 81-110Open Access
    4. Compression-Based Modelling Honouring Facies Connectivity in Diverse Geological Systems

      • Tom Manzocchi, Deirdre A. Walsh, Javier López-Cabrera, Marcus Carneiro, Kishan Soni
      Pages 111-117Open Access
    5. Spatial Uncertainty in Pore Pressure Models at the Brazilian Continental Margin

      • Felipe Tajá C. Pinto, Krishna Milani, Leandro Guedes, Luiz Eduardo S. Varella, Marcos Fetter, Marcus Santini et al.
      Pages 119-125Open Access
    6. The Suitability of Different Training Images for Producing Low Connectivity, High Net:Gross Pixel-Based MPS Models

      • Deirdre A. Walsh, Javier López-Cabrera, Tom Manzocchi
      Pages 127-132Open Access
  4. Mining

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. Artifacts in Localised Multivariate Uniform Conditioning: A Case Study

      • Oscar Rondon, Hassan Talebi
      Pages 143-150Open Access
    3. Methodology for Defining the Optimal Drilling Grid in a Laterite Nickel Deposit Based on a Conditional Simulation

      • Claudia Mara Sperandio Neves, João Felipe Coimbra Leite Costa, Leonardo Souza, Fernando Guimaraes, Geraldo Dias
      Pages 151-162Open Access
    4. LSTM-Based Deep Learning Method for Automated Detection of Geophysical Signatures in Mining

      • Mehala Balamurali, Katherine L. Silversides
      Pages 163-171Open Access
  5. Earth Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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About this book

This open access book provides state-of-the-art theory and application in geostatistics. 

Geostatistics Toronto 2021 includes 28 short abstracts, 18 extended abstracts, and 7 full articles in the fields of geostatistical theory, multi-point statistics, earth sciences, mining, optimal drilling, domains, seismic, classification uncertainty risk, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. All contributions were presented at the 11th International Geostatistics Congress held in virtually at Toronto, Canada, from July 12-16, 2021. 

This book is valuable to researchers, scientists, and practitioners in geology, mining, petroleum, geometallurgy, mathematics, and statistics.


Editors and Affiliations

  • The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

    Sebastian Alejandro Avalos Sotomayor, Julian M. Ortiz

  • RedDot3D Inc., Toronto, Canada

    R. Mohan Srivastava

About the editors

Dr. Sebastian Alejandro Avalos Sotomayor is a Mining Engineer and Master in Mining from Universidad de Chile and Ph.D. from Queen’s University. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University. With 9 years of experience, he focuses on the application of conventional and advanced predictive modeling techniques in geometallurgical modeling.

Dr. Julian Maximiliano Ortiz Cabrera is a Mining Engineer from Universidad de Chile and Ph.D. from University of Alberta. Currently, he is Head and Associate Professor at Queen’s University, where he teaches geostatistics and surface mining courses and conducts research related to ore body estimation and simulation and geometallurgical modeling. He has over 20 years of consulting experience in ore body modeling, predictive geometallurgy, and technology adoption.

R. Mohan Srivastava obtained his B.Sc. from Massachsetts Institute of Technology and M.Sc. Geostatistics from Stanford University. He has more than 40 years of experience as a geostatistician. He is author of the book “An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics” and of more than 50 technical articles on theory and practice. In mining, his consulting work spans project development from exploration through to short-term production planning.

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