Wolfcamp Aquifer Data

SUMMARY:

The aquifer data frame is a spatial data set with 85 rows and 3 columns: easting , northing and head. The data are from the Wolfcamp Aquifer in West Texas/New Mexico, U.S.A.

DATA DESCRIPTION:

This data frame contains the following columns:

ARGUMENTS:

easting
relative longitude position.
northing
relative latitude position.
head
piezometric-head in feet above sea level.

SOURCE:

Cressie (1989) lists the data and uses it to illustrate kriging. The original data are from Harper and Furr (1986).

REFERENCES:

Cressie, Noel. (1989). Geostatistics. The American Statistician, 43, 197-202.

Harper, W. V. and Furr, J. M. (1986). Geostatistical Analysis of Potentiometric Data in the Wolfcamp Aquifer of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas. Technical Report ONWI-587, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH.