Resources for Geostatistical Data Analysis

Textbooks

• C.V. Deutsch, 2002, Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling, Oxford University Press, 376 pages.
  • Focuses specifically on modeling of facies, porosity, and permeability for reservoir simulation.
• C.V. Deutsch and A.G. Journel, 1998, GSLIB: Geostatistical Software Library and User's Guide, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 369 pages.
  • Owner's manual for the GSLIB software library (see below); serves as a standard reference for concepts and terminology.
• P. Goovaerts, 1997, Geostatistics for Natural Resources Evaluation, Oxford University Press, 483 pages.
  • A nice introduction with examples focused on an environmental chemistry dataset; includes more advanced topics like factorial kriging.
• E.H. Isaaks and R.M. Srivastava, 1989, An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics, Oxford University Press, 561 pages.
  • Probably the best introductory geostatistics textbook; intuitive development of concepts from first principles with clear examples at every step.
• P.K. Kitanidis, 1997, Introduction to Geostatistics: Applications in Hydrogeology, Cambridge University Press, 249 pages.
  • A somewhat different take, with a focus on generalized covariance functions; includes discussion of geostatistical inversion of (groundwater) flow models.
• M. Kelkar and G. Perez, 2002, Applied Geostatistics for Reservoir Characterization, Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc., 264 pages.
  • Covers much the same territory as Deutsch's 2002 book; jam-packed with figures illustrating concepts.
• R.A. Olea, 1999, Geostatistics for Engineers and Earth Scientists, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 303 pages.
  • Step by step mathematical development of key concepts, with clearly documented numerical examples.

Software

• GSLIB / GSLIB90 / WinGslib.
  • The GSLIB library, developed at Stanford, is the basis for many commercial geostatistics packages; the original Fortran 77 is available for free download, the newer Fortran 90 source code is available for purchase but the GSLIB90 executables (DOS) are free, and WinGslib, a graphical front end to GSLIB (for Windows), is also available for purchase.
• GEOEAS
  • Public-domain DOS-based software; the granddaddy of much of the current generation of geostatistical software; established many of the currently used conventions
• Variowin: Geostatistical Software for the PC
  • Free software for interactive computation and modeling of variograms; Windows only.
• gstat - open source software for multivariable geostatistical modeling.
  • Available as a stand-alone program (Windows or Mac) or as an add-in package for the R (open source) or S-Plus (commercial) statistical computing environments

Online Resources

• My tutorial on reservoir modeling with WinGslib, with example data
• Statios tutorial on reservoir modeling with WinGslib
• Syed Abdul Rahman Shibli's Geostatistics FAQ Site
• Luc Anselin's Introduction to Variography using Variowin

Last updated: 21 Oct. 2005