H.U. Department of Mining Engineering Hacettepe University Turkish Projects Theses Courses Publications Resume Home

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

1. A.E. Tercan, P.A. Dowd (1993), "The effect of the nugget variance of the grade variogram on the estimation of conditional distributions by indicator and probability kriging", Leeds University Mining Association Journal (LUMA), pp. 173-183
2. A.E. Tercan, S. Kulaksız, A. Şentürk (1994), "Geostatistical Estimation of Reserve of Tülovası Borat Deposit ", Madencilik, June, 19-24 ( in Turkish)
3. A.E. Tercan, P.A. Dowd (1995), "Approximate Local Confidence Intervals Under Change of Support", Mathematical Geology, 27, 1, 149-172
4. C. Saraç, T.İrkeç, H. Gençoğlu, A.E. Tercan (1996), "Reserve-Grade Evaluation of Veledler Sırtı / KurtŞeyh (Sivrihisar-Eskişehir) Sepiolite Mineralization ", Jeoloji Mühendisliği, November, 23-34 (in Turkish)
5. C. Saraç, A.E. Tercan (1996), "Grade and Reserve Estimation on the Tülovası Borate Deposit by Block Kriging", International Geology Review, 38, 9, 832-837
6. A.E. Tercan (1996), "Assessment of Boundary Uncertainty of Ore Deposits by Indicator Kriging and Its Application to the Coal Deposit of Kalburcayiri, Kangal, Sivas ", Madencilik, December, 3-11 (in Turkish)
7. A.E. Tercan, D. Mamurekli (1997), "Comparison of Indicator and Ordinary Kriging in Assessment of In-situ Coal Quality in a Turkish Coal Mine", Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., Section A, Mining Industry, A46-A49
8. A.E. Tercan (1998), " Global estimation of Coal Reserves Using Geostatistics", Madencilik, March, 17-26 (in Turkish)
9. A.E. Tercan (1998), "Assessment of Boundary Uncertainty in a Coal Deposit Using Probability Kriging", Trans. Instn. Min. Metall., Section A, Mining Industry, A51-A54
10. A.E. Tercan (1999), "Importance of Orthogonalization Algorithm in Modelling Conditional Distributions by Orthogonal Transformed Indicator Methods", Mathematical Geology, 31, 2, 155-174
11. M. Ayhan, O.Z. Hekimoğlu ve A.E. Tercan (2000), "Assessment of Cutting Vibrations in Mechanical Excavating Machinery by Menas of Variogram Functions", Madencilik, 39, 1, 17-26 (in Turkish)
12. A.E. Tercan, Y. Özçelik (2000), "Geostatistical Evaluation of Dimension-Stone Quarries", Engineering Geology, 58, 25-33
13. A.E. Tercan, C. Saraç (2001), "Spatial Variability of Cr2O3 % in the Kizilyüksek-Yataardıç Chromium Deposit (Adana-Turkey)", International Geology Review, 43, 8, 676-682
14. A.E. Tercan, A.I. Karayigit (2001), "Estimation of Lignite Reserve in the Kalburcayiri Field, Kangal Basin, Sivas, Turkey", Int. J. Coal Geology, 47, 91-100
15. A.E. Tercan (2002), "Construction of Confidence Limits for Global Reserve Estimates By Means of Block Bootstrap", Yerbilimleri, 26, 1-7 (in Turkish)
16. A.E. Tercan (2002), " Construction of Confidence Intervals for Global Estimation of Reserve using Spatial Bootstrap", Madencilik, 41,3, 35-42 (in Turkish)
17. A.E. Tercan (2003), "The Ranked Tile Resampling in Assessing Accuracy for Global Coal Reserve Estimates", Energy Sources, 25,2, 93-102
18. A.E. Tercan, B. Tiryaki (2003), "Bootstrap Estimation of the Daily Mean Pick Consumption in Mechanical Excavation", Mining Technology (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. A), 112, A135-A139
19. A.E. Tercan (2004), "Global Recoverable Reserve Estimation by Covariance Matching Constrained Kriging", Energy Sources, 26, 12, 1177-1185.
20. A.E. Tercan, E.Akcan (2004), "Assessment of Uncertainty Associated with Grade-Tonnage Curves Using Geostatistical Simulation", Mining Technology (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. A), 113, A129-A136
21. A.E. Tercan, B. Unver, B. Tiryaki, D. Ozbilgin (2005), "A Study of Relationships Among Mechanical, Index and Petrographic Properties of Some Sandstones Using Canonical Correlation Analysis ", Madencilik, 44, 1, 3-14 (in Turkish)
22. A.E. Tercan, E. Akcan (2005), "Assessment of Uncertainty Associated with Lignite Quality-Tonnage Curves: A Case Study ", Madencilik, 44, 2, 3-16 (in Turkish)
23. A.E. Tercan, Y. Özçelik (2006), "Canonical Ridge Correlation of Mechanical and Engineering Index Properties", International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 43, 58-65
24. B. Tütmez, A.E. Tercan (2006), " Use of Fuzzy Modeling Approach in Grade Estimation", Madencilik, 45, 2, 39-47 (in Turkish)
25. B. Tütmez, A.E. Tercan (2007), " Spatial Estimation of Some Mechanical Properties of Rocks by Fuzzy Modelling", Computers and Geotechnics, 34, 10-18
26. B. Tütmez, A.E. Tercan, U. Kaymak (2007), "Fuzzy Modeling for Reserve Estimation Based on Spatial Variability", Mathematical Geology, 39, 1, 87-111
27. B. Tütmez, A.E. Tercan, (2007), "Assessment of Uncertainty in Geological Sites Based on Data Clustering and Conditional Probabilities", Journal of Uncertain Systems, 1, 3, 206-221
28. M. Basaran, G. Erpul, A.E. Tercan, M.R. Canga, (2008), "The Effects of Land Use Changes on Some Soil Properties in Indagi Mountain Pass-Cankiri, Turkey", Environ. Monit. Assess., 136, 101-119
29. B. Tütmez, A.E. Tercan, U. Kaymak, (2008), "An Algorithm for Quantifying Regionalized Ore Grades", The Journal of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 108, 1-8
30. M.A. Hindistan, A.E. Tercan, B. Ünver, (2010), "Geostatistical Coal Quality Control in Longwall Mining", International Journal of Coal Geology, 81, 3, 139-150
31. S. Sultani, A. Hezarkhani, A.E. Tercan, B. Karimi, (2011), "Use of Genetic Algorithm in Optimally Locating Additional Drill Holes", Journal of Mining Sciences, 47, 1, 62-70
32. Y. Özçelik, A.E. Tercan, E. Yılmazkaya, R. Ciccu, G. Costa (2011), "A Study of Nozzle Angle in Stone Surface Treatment With Water Jets ", Construction and Building Materials, 25, 11, 4271-4278
33. B. Tütmez, U. Kaymak, A.E. Tercan (2012), " Local Spatial regression Models: A Comperative Analysis On Soil Contamination ", Stoch. Environ. Res. Risk Assess., 26, 1013-1023
34. B. Tütmez, U. Kaymak, A.E. Tercan, C.D. Lloyd (2012), " Evaluating Geo-environmental Variables Using Cluster Based Areal Model ", Computers & Geosciences, 43, 34-41
35. S. S. Mohammadi, A.E. Tercan, (2012), " Constrained Multiple Indicator Kriging Using Sequential Quadratic Programming ", Computers & Geosciences, 48, 211-219
36. S. S. Mohammadi, A. Hazerkani, A.E. Tercan, (2012)," Optimally Locating Additional Holes in Three Dimensions Using Grade and Simulated Annealing ", Journal of Geological Society of India, 80, 700-706
37. A.E. Tercan, B. Sohrabian, (2013)," Multivariate Geostatistical Simulation of Coal Quality Data by Independent Components ", International Journal of Coal Geology, 112, 53-66
38. A.E. Tercan, B. Ünver, M.A. Hindistan, G. Ertunç, F. Atalay, S. Ünal, Y. Kıllıoğlu, (2013)," Seam Modelling and Resource Estimation in Coalfields of Western Anatolia ", International Journal of Coal Geology, 112, 94-106
39. G. Ertunç, A.E. Tercan, M.A. Hindistan, B. Ünver, S. Ünal, F. Atalay, Y. Kıllıoğlu, (2013)," Geostatistical Estimation of Coal Quality Variables by Using Covariance Matching Constrained Kriging ", International Journal of Coal Geology, 112, 14-25
40. A.E. Tercan, (2013)," Book Review: Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty, J.P. Chiles, P. Delfiner. Second ed., John Wiley & Sons, (2012) ", Computers & Geosciences, 54, 97-98
41. T. Tuncay, İ. Bayramin, A.E. Tercan, İ. Ünver, (2013)," Spatial Variability of Some Soil Properties: a Case Study of the Lower Seyhan River Basin in Turkey ", Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 100, 2, 213-219
42. B. Sohrabian, A.E. Tercan, (2014)," Introducing Minimum Spatial Cross-Correlation Kriging As a New Estimation Method of Heavy Metal Contents in Soil ", Geoderma, 226-227, August, 317-331
43. B. Sohrabian, A.E. Tercan, (2014)," Multivariate Geostatistcal Simulation by Minimising Spatial Cross- Correlation ", Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 346, 3-4, 64-74
44. F.I. Siddiqui, A. Pathan, B. Unver, A.E. Tercan, M.A. Hindistan, G. Ertunc, F. Atalay, S.Unal, Y. Killioglu (2015)," Lignite Resource Estimations and Seam Modeling of Thar Field, Pakistan ", International Journal of Coal Geology, 140, 84-96
45. Y. Özçelik, A.E. Tercan, E. Yılmazkaya (2016)," Assessment of Surface Quality of Stone Treated by Water Jet and Bush Hammering using Geostatitistical Simulations ", Journal of Testing and Evlauation, 44, 6, 2164-2171
46. F. Atalay, A.E. Tercan, (2017)," Coal Resource Estimation Using Gaussian Copulas ", International Journal of Coal Geology, 175, 1-9
47. B. Sohrabian, A.E. Tercan, R. Hasanpour (2018)," Uncertainty Assessment of Coal Quality-Tonnage Curves through Minimum Spatial Cross-Correlation Simulation ", International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering, 52, 1, 75-86
48. M. Türkeş, T. Öztaş, A.E. Tercan, G. Erpul, A. Karagöz, O. Dengiz, O. Doğan, K. Şahin, B. Avcıoğlu (2020)," Desertification Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for Turkey via an Analytical Hierarchy Process Model ", Land Degradation & Development, 31, 2, 205-214

Papers

1. C. Saraç, A.E. Tercan (1992), "A Geostatistical Case Study of the Kızılyüksek-Yataardıç Chromium Orebody", 1st International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, October, 219-229
2. C. Saraç, A.E. Tercan (1994), "Use of Geostatistical Simulation in Evaluation of Ore Deposits by means of Neural Networks", 15 th Year Symposium of Engineering and Architecture Faculty of Cukurova University, April, 327-342 (in Turkish)
3. A.E. Tercan, C.Saraç and D. Mamurekli (1996), "Indicator Principal Component Kriging as a Decision Tool in Assessing Groundwater Pollution", International Symposium on Karst Waters and Environmental Impacts, September, Antalya, 479-484
4. A.E. Tercan (1996), "Determination of Optimum Drill Hole Locations in Lignite Deposit of Kangal, Sivas by Geostatistical Method ", 10th Coal Congress of Turkey, May, Zonguldak, 245-301 (in Turkish)
5. A.E. Tercan, D. Mamurekli (1996), "Indicator Kriging as a Decision Tool in Coal Mine Planning Considering Ash Content: a Case Study", 1st International Symposium on Mine Environmental Engineering, Kütahya, 122-127
6. A.E. Tercan, A. Köse (1997), "Determination of Geostatistical Structure in a Chromium Deposit through Variograms ", 15th Mining Congress of Turkey, Ankara, 3-9 (in Turkish)
7. A.E. Tercan, D. Mamurekli and C. Sarac (1997), "Indicator Principal Component Kriging as a Decision Tool in Assessing Groundwater Pollution", Karst Waters and Environmental Aspects, Antalya, 479-484.
8. A.E. Tercan (1998) "Estimation of Coal Quality Parameters Using Disjunctive Kriging", 5 th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production, Ankara, 353-356
9. A.E. Tercan (1998), " Probabilistic Estimation of the Boundary of Coal Deposits Using Pseudo-Cross Variograms", 11th Coal Congress of Turkey, Amasra, Bartın, 273-282 (in Turkish)
10. A.E. Tercan (1998), " A Geostatistical Study of the Convergences at Bolu Tunnel", 4. th National Rock Mechanics Symposium, Zonguldak, 187-194 (in Turkish)
11. A.E. Tercan, T. Kaynak (1999), "Conditional Distribution Functions and Their Place in Reserve Estimation", 16th Mining Congress of Turkey, Ankara, 237-244 (in Turkish)
12. M.Unal, B.Unver, A.E. Tercan (2000), "Modelling of Discontinuity Surface Roughness by Digital Photogrammetry and Geostatistical Methods", Mine Planning and Equipment Selection Symposium, Athens, 392-396
13. A.E. Tercan, T.Kaynak (2001), "Anisotropy Problem in Geostatistical Simulation by Orthogonal Transformed Indicator Methods", 17th International Mining Congress of Turkey, Ankara, 603-607.
14. A.E. Tercan, Y.Özçelik (2004), "Geostatistical Simulation of Some Mechanical Properties in an Andesite Quarry", 7.th Regional Rock Mechanics Symposium, Sivas, 119-123 (in Turkish).
15. B. Tutmez, A.E. Tercan (2005), " Estimation of Trona Grade by Fuzzy Modelling", Computational Intelligence: Methods & Applications,CIMA2005, Istanbul
16. B. Tutmez, A. Dag, A.E. Tercan, U. Kaymak (2007), " Lignite Thickness Estimation via Adaptive Fuzzy-Neural Network", 20th International Mining Congress of Turkey, IMCET2007, Ankara, 151-157
17. G. Ertunç, A.E. Tercan, (2008), " A Comparison of Covariance Matched Constraint Kriging with Estimation and Simulation", The First Workshop on International Mathematical Geosciences (GEOMATS 2008), Freiberg
18. B. Tütmez, A.E. Tercan, U. Kaymak (2008), " Yerbilimlerindeki Belirsizliklerin Bulanık Matematikle Değerlendirilmesi (in Turkish)", Yerbilimlerinde Esnek Hesaplama Yöntemleri Sempozyumu, Sivas
19. A. Bascetin, Z. Sertabiboglu, A.E. Tercan, (2009), " Quality Control and Environmental Evaluation in quarrying by 3D Ore Body Modelling", The 18th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection (MPES 2009) and The 11th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production (SWEMP 2009), Alberta, Canada
20. A.E. Tercan, S. Anaç, S. Ak, B. Unver, M.A. Hindistan, S. Gazel, H. Ulas (2009), " NETPRO/Mine: An Integrated Resource Modelling, Mine Design and Automation Software", The Third Balkan Mining Congress, İzmir, 443-448
21. A.E. Tercan, B. Ünver, M.A. Hindistan (2010), " Coal Resource Estimation in Işıklar-Kısrakdere (Soma, Manisa, Turkey)", The 27th Pittsburg Coal Conference, İstanbul
22. S.Madenoglu, S.D. Saygın, M.O. Pinar, A.E. Tercan, G. Erpul, İ. Bayramin (2010), " Değişik YETKE-K Yaklaşımlarının Konumsal dağılımlarının ve Sıçrama erozyonu ile bağlantılarının Belirlenmesi (in Turkish)", I. Toprak ve Su Kaynakları Kongresi, Eskişehir
23. B. Tütmez, A.E. Tercan, A.K. Cengiz, A. Dağ (2011), " Madencilikle İlişkili Çevresel Verilerin Ağırlıklı Regresyon ve Esnek Hesaplama Yöntemleriyle Değerlendirilmesi (in Turkish)", 4. Madencilik ve Çevre Sempozyumu, July, İzmir
24. A.E. Tercan, B. Ünver, M.A. Hindistan (2011), " Üç Boyutlu Cevher Yatağı Modelleme ve Ocak Tasarlama (in Turkish)", USMOS 2011, 4. Ulusal Savunma Uygulamaları Modelleme ve Simülasyon Konferansı, July, Ankara
25. A.E. Tercan, B. Ünver, M.A. Hindistan (2011), " Lignite Resource Estimation by Unwrinkling", The 22.nd World Mining Congress, September, İstanbul, 139-142
26. A.E. Tercan, M.A. Hindistan, B. Ünver (2011), " Geostatistical Analysis of calorific Value Distribution in a Coal Basin", The Forth Balkan Mine Congress, October, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 265-269
27. A.E. Tercan (2011), " Independent Components Kriging", The First World Copper Congress, October, Tahran, Iran, 31-42
28. A.E. Tercan, M.A. Hindistan, B. Ünver (2012), " Resource Estimation of a Coal Deposit Using NETPRO/Mine ", 21st International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection (MPES 2012), November, New Delhi, India, 861-870
29. S.Ünal, B.Ünver, M.A. Hindistan, G.Ertunç, A.E. Tercan, (2013), " Computer Aided Detection of Fault Zones by Using Drill-Hole Data ", 23rd World Mining Congress, August, Montreal, Canada, 8p.
30. F. Atalay, A.E. Tercan, B.Ünver, M.A. Hindistan, G.Ertunç, (2013), " A Geostatistical Study of Tertiary Coal Fields in Turkey ", Mathematics of Planet Earth: Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conferance of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, September, Madrid, Spain, 723-726.
31. A.E. Tercan, (2013), " A Geostatistical Estimation of Thorium Resource in the Kızılcaören (Sivrihisar-TURKEY) Complex Deposit ", Technical Meeting on Thorium Resources and Provinces, September, Vienna, Austria, 13p.
32. B. Ünver, M.A. Hindistan, A.E. Tercan,G. Ertunç, S. Ünal, Y. Kıllıoğlu, F. Atalay,(2015), " Soma Eynez Kömür Sahası İçin Farklı Bir Üretim Yöntemi Önerisi, in Turkish ", 24th International Mining Congress of Turkey, April, Antalya, Türkiye, 363-371.
33. F. Atalay, A.E. Tercan,G. Ertunç,(2015), " Geostatistics As a Tool to Estimate Undiscovered Deposits of Coal", 24th International Mining Congress of Turkey, April, Antalya, Türkiye, 322-326.
34. G. Ertunç, A.E. Tercan,F. Atalay,(2015), " An Alternative Multivariate Kriging Technique: Covariance Matching Constrained CoKriging ", 24th International Mining Congress of Turkey, April, Antalya, Türkiye, 250-256.
35. M. Aktan, A.E. Tercan, (2016), " Resource Estimation of Civili (Bursa-Orhaneli) Coal Field ", 20th Coal Congress, May, Zonguldak, Türkiye.
36. A.E. Tercan, G. Ertunç, (2016), " Spatial Correlation of Classification Trees for Coal Data", 6th International Conference on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industries, October, İstanbul, Türkiye.
37. A.E. Tercan, (2017), " Spatial Outlier Detection in Mineral Resource Estimation, Keynote Speaker", 25th International Mining Congress of Turkey, Antalya, Türkiye, 33-41.
38. A.E. Tercan, B. Ünver, M.A. Hindistan, S. Gazel, A. Hadımoğulları, (2017), " Monitoring and Automation System in Mining (in Turkish) ", 25th International Mining Congress of Turkey, Antalya, Türkiye, 325-330.
39. G. Ertunç, A.E. Tercan, (2017), " Classificatian Trees As an Aid For Domaining in Mineral Resource Estimation ", 18th Mathematical Geosciences Conference IAMG 2017, Perth, Australia
40. G. Ertunç, A.E. Tercan, (2018), " Domaing with Decison Trees and Geostatistical Simulation ", 19th Mathematical Geosciences Conference IAMG 2018, Olomouc, Slovakia
41. A.E. Tercan, E. Karahan, (2019), " Autokrigeable Factors Under Proportional Variogram Model ", 26. International Mining Congress of Turkey, Antalya, Türkiye, 256-262
42. H. Kıvrak A.E. Tercan, (2019), " Developing New Methods for Domain Modeling in Mineral Resource Estimation (in Turkish) ", 26. International Mining Congress of Turkey, Antalya, Türkiye, 468-480
43. A.E. Tercan, (2019), " Mineral Resource Estimation: Definitions, Processess and Practices ", Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Sustainable Development in Civil Engineering, ICSDC-2019, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Books

1. A.E. Tercan, C. Saraç (1998), Geostatistical Methods in Evaluation of Ore Deposits, Publication of The Chamber of Geological Engineering of Turkey, 137 p. (in Turkish)
2. Ü. Atalay, C. Hiçyılmaz, S. Ersayın, A.E. Tercan (1999) 16th Mining Congress of Turkey, Publication of The Chamber of Mining Engineering of Turkey, 431 p. (in Turkish)
3. E. Ünal, B. Ünver and A.E. Tercan, (2001), Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Mining Congress of Turkey, IMCET 2001, Publication of The Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey, p. 876.
4. T.Güyagüler, A.E. Tercan, A. Güngör, (2002), Trona and Synthetic Soda Symposium, Publication of The Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey, 91 p. (in Turkish)
5. A.E. Tercan, (2005), Geostatistical Reserve Estimation, in Mining Engineering (Open Pit Mining) Handbook, Eds. Eskikaya Ş., Karpuz, C., Hindistan M.A., Tamzok, N., Publication of The Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey, 89-111 (in Turkish)


Theses
A.E. Tercan, (1987), Petrographic Investigation of Oltu-Aşkale (Erzurum) Coals and Prefeasibility Study of Balkaya (Oltu) Section, MSc Thesis, Hacettepe University (in Turkish)
A.E. Tercan, (1993), Nonparametric Methods for Estimating Conditional Distributions and Local Confidence Intervals, PhD Thesis, The University of Leeds