Statistical, economic and other tools for assessing natural aggregate

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
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Abstract

Quantitative aggregate resource assessment provides resource estimates useful for explorationists, land managers and those who make decisions about land allocation, which may have long-term implications concerning cost and the availability of aggregate resources. Aggregate assessment needs to be systematic and consistent, yet flexible enough to allow updating without invalidating other parts of the assessment. Evaluators need to use standard or consistent aggregate classification and statistic distributions or, in other words, models with geological, geotechnical and economic variables or interrelationships between these variables. These models can be used with subjective estimates, if needed, to estimate how much aggregate may be present in a region or country using distributions generated by Monte Carlo computer simulations.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Statistical, economic and other tools for assessing natural aggregate
Series title Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
DOI 10.1007/s10064-002-0152-7
Volume 62
Issue 1
Year Published 2003
Language English
Publisher Springer
Description 5 p.
First page 71
Last page 75
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