This volume contains 40 selected full-text contributions from the Sixth European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, geoENV IV, held in Rhodes, Greece, October 25-26, 2006. The objective of the editors was to compile a set of papers from which the reader could perceive how geostatistics is applied within the environmental sciences. A few selected theoretical contributions are also included.

geoENV: Ten Years Later The environment has unquestionably become a key topic of focus and concern for today s society, encompassing themes that include sustainable development, c- mate change, reduction of biological diversity, and carbon emissions along with the need for new energy paradigms. These themes are no longer the exclusive - main of academic and scienti c exploration. They are now high-priority issues for governments and environmental agencies of all industrialized countries because of the tremendous effects on the industrialized and, to an even grater extent, dev- oping world....

To honour the remarkable contribution of Michel David in the inception, establishment and development of Geostatistics, and to promote the essence of his work, an international Forum entitled Geostatistics for the Next Century was convened in Montreal in June 1993. In order to enhance communication and stimulate geostatistical innovation, research and development, the Forum brought together world leading researchers and practitioners from five continents, who discussed-debated current problems, new technologies and futuristic ideas. This volume contains selected peer-reviewed papers from the...

This book presents a collection of papers on topics in the field of strategic mine planning, including orebody modeling, mine-planning optimization and the optimization of mining complexes.