Quantitative geology and geostatistics. geoENV IV – Geostatistics for environmental applications / Количественная геология и геостатистика. geoENV IV – Геостатистика для применения в окружающей среде

The fourth edition of the European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications (geoENV IV) took place in Barcelona, November 27-29, 2002. As a proof that there is an increasing interest in environmental issues in the geostatistical community, the conference attracted over 100 participants, mostly Europeans (up to 10 European countries were represented), but also from other countries in the world. Only 46 contributions, selected out of around 100 submitted papers, were invited to be presented orally during the conference. Additionally 30 authors were invited to present their work in poster format during a special session.
All oral and poster contributors were invited to submit their work to be considered for publication in this Kluwer series. All papers underwent a reviewing process, which consisted on two reviewers for oral presentations and one reviewer for posters. The book opens with one keynote paper by Philippe Naveau. It is followed by 40 papers that correspond to those presented orally during the conference and accepted by the reviewers. These papers are classified according to their main topic. The list of topics show the diversity of the contributions and the fields of application. At the end of the book, summaries of up to 19 poster presentations are added.
The geoENV conferences stress two issues, namely geostatistics and environmental applications. Thus, papers can be classified into two groups. The reader will find a number of papers dedicated to the most recent methodological developments, with examples predominantly in environmental sciences. The remaining ones provide a good indication of the wide variety of environmental applications in which geostatistics plays its role.
The fourth volume in the geoENV conference series proves how dynamic the geostatistical community is, and confirms the relevance of geostatistics as a tool to be included as a standard procedure in environmental sciences. We now look forward to geoENV 2004 for new applications and new methodological advances.