reliable characterization of subsurface soil in urban areas is a major concern in geotechnical and geological engineering projects. in this regard, this research deals with development of a 3d geological engineering model on mashhad city soil using sequential gaussian simulation (sgs) approach. the intense variability of soil in the study area has sometimes caused serious problems in civil engi...

background: the area of contaminated lands exposed to the health risk of environmental pollutants is a matter of argument. in this study, a new method was developed to estimate the amount of area that is exposed to higher than normal levels of cr, mn, and v. methods: overall, 170 soil samples were collected from the upper 10 cm of soil in an arid area in central part of iran in semnan province....

hydrograph modeling and prediction of groundwater levels are the main concerns of most hydrogeological calculations and water resource management process. the present study is an application of sequential gaussian simulation (sgsim) method for predicting groundwater levels using recorded monthly data (180 months) related to 21 piezometers of behbahan aquifer, southwest of iran. to generate real...

saltwater intrusion into freshwater in coastal areas has been a serious concern for many countries. providing fresh water in some regions is very crucial. in fact, the areas that  are prone to encountering salt water zones should be checked meticulously. the preferred method for such investigation is a precise 3-d model of distribution of fresh and salt water in order to reach such a model, rel...

The soil samples were collected from 170 sampling stations in an arid area in Shahrood and Damghan, characterized by prevalence of mining activity. The levels of Co, Pb, Ni, Cs, Cu, Mn, Sr, V, Zn, Cr, and Tl were recorded in each sampling location. A new method known as min/max autocorrelation factor (MAF) was applied for the first time in the environmental research works to de-correlate these ...

Hydrograph modeling and prediction of groundwater levels are the main concerns of most hydrogeological calculations and water resource management process. The present study is an application of Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGSim) method for predicting groundwater levels using recorded monthly data (180 months) related to 21 piezometers of Behbahan aquifer, southwest of Iran. To generate real...

In mining projects, all uncertainties associated with a project must be considered to determine the feasibility study. Grade uncertainty is one of the major components of technical uncertainty that affects the variability of the project. Geostatistical simulation, as a reliable approach, is the most widely used method to quantify risk analysis to overcome the drawbacks of the estimation methods...

Sequential simulation of a continuous variable usually requires its transformation into a binary or a Gaussian variable, giving rise to the classical algorithms of sequential indicator simulation or sequential Gaussian simulation. Journel (1994) showed that the sequential simulation of a continuous variable, without any prior transformation, succeeded in reproducing the covariance model, provid...