For ore resource modelling I've used IDW on a highly skewed lognormally
distributed deposit, where no variograms could be produced. With lognormally
distributed data often found in ore resources, having a good variogram is
important, to avoid large errors in kriging hence it may be preferential to use
IDW and a topcut. However if your data is not so highly skewed even approximating
a variogram can provide superior results. I used to model topography surfaces
and Kriging with a 'guessed' variogram produced good results compared to
IDW which produced highly spiked and erroneous results.


Digby
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