Designation:D5549–94e1StandardGuideforTheContentsofGeostatisticalSiteInvestigationReport1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5549;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.e1NOTE—Paragraph1.7wasaddededitoriallyOctober1998.INTRODUCTIONGeostatisticsisaframeworkfordataanalysisandestimationinmediawhosemeasurableattributesshowerraticspatialvariabilityyetalsopossessadegreeofspatialcontinuityimpartedbythenaturalandanthropogenicprocessoperatingtherein.Thesoil,rock,andcontainedfluidsencounteredinenvironmentalorgeotechnicalsiteinvestigationspresentsuchfeaturesandtheirsampledattributesarethereforeamenabletogeostatisticaltreatment.Thisguideisconcernedwiththereportingofsuchinvestigations.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoversthecontentsrequiredforacompletereportofageostatisticalsiteinvestigation.Acompletereportisunderstoodheretobeonethatcontainsalltheinformationnecessarytotheunderstandingandevaluationofthegeostatis-ticalsiteinvestigationbyothergeostatisticians.1.2Thisguidedoesnotdiscussthereportingofsupplemen-taryinformationthatmayassistevaluationofthereport.1.3Whilegeostatisticalmethodsareusedinmanyfields,thisguideisprimarilyintendedforthereportingofenviron-mentalandgeotechnicalapplications.Environmentalapplica-tionsofgeostatisticsarediscussedinUnitedStatesEnviron-mentalProtectionAgency(EPA)documents(1-7).21.4ThebasicgeostatisticalmethodsreferredtointhisguidearefullydescribedintextsbyDavid(8),JournelandHuijbregts(9),Clark(10),andIsaaksandSrivastava(11).Olea(12)givesathoroughcompilationofgeostatisticalterminol-ogy.1.5Thisguidedoesnotdiscussthereportingofmultivari-ate,space-time,andotherless-frequentlyusedgeostatisticalmethods;howeverthisisnotintendedtoreflectanyjudgmentastothevalidityofthesemethods.1.6Geostatisticsisbutoneapproachthatcanbeusedtounderstandanddescribesi...
