Geostatistics deviates from classic statistics in thatGeostatistics is not tied to a population distribution model thatassumes, for example, all samples of a population are normallydistributed and independent from one another. Most of the earthscience data (e.g., rock properties, contaminant concentrations)often do not satisfy these assumptions as they can be highly skewedand/or possess spatial correlation. a. Illustrate with the aid ofdiagram how and why any of such Earth Science data obtained from agiven field would be skewed and possess spatial correlation. b. Howwould the spatial correlation property aid the Geostatistician inpredicting the values of the unknown data points of a givenfield?
