Kui interpoleeritav ala on sisuliste kaalutluste alusel jagatud ruumilisteks allosadeks, kus kasutatakse erinevaid variogramme, siis räägitakse kihilisest krigingust (ingl stratified kriging), mis võimaldab mõnedes allosades esile tuua seal iseloomulikke detaile.
Comparing the stratified kriging standard deviation map with Figure [...] (ordinari point kriging) demonstrates how the stratification reduces the interpolation errors, and for much of the area reduces their dependence on the distribution of data points.
