Surface wave inversion based on dispersion curves of higher modes is increasingly being
applied to estimate near-surface S-wave velocity structures using active or passive sources …

Obtaining S-wave velocity profiles by inverting Rayleigh wave dispersion curves is crucial
for the Rayleigh wave exploration method. Rayleigh wave inversion is a highly nonlinear …

Passive surface-wave methods using dense seismic arrays have gained growing attention
in near-surface high-resolution imaging in urban environments. Deep learning (DL) in the …

A particular mode of surface waves possesses a unique phase velocity for each wavelength.
Different wavelengths primarily reflect geological information at different depths. In practice …

High-frequency surface-wave techniques are extensively employed for the determination of
S-wave velocities of near-surface materials. The absence of the measured phase velocity …

High-frequency Rayleigh-wave method plays an important role in the near-surface seismic
investigation. Rayleigh wave propagates along the free surface, and its propagation is …

In this paper, we first derive the dynamic solution in a transversely isotropic (TI) elastic and
layered half-space, induced by a time-harmonic vertical load on its surface. The solution is …

In noninvasive near-surface investigations, with the emergence of massive seismic datasets,
surface wave inversion using deep learning (DL) can efficiently attain the shear-wave …

The inverse dispersion curve depicts the dispersion characteristics of inverse layered
models, in the layer velocity decreases with depth. To reveal the inverse dispersion …

Rayleigh wave dispersion curves can be inverted to retrieve subsurface seismic velocity
profiles. The inverse problem is ill‐posed, nonlinear and poorly conditioned, necessitating …