Lateral velocity variations in the near-surface reflect the presence of buried geological or
anthropic structures, and their identification is of interest for many fields of application …

Mapping geological outcrops is a crucial part of mineral exploration, mine planning and ore
extraction. With the advent of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) for rapid spatial and spectral …

Minerals that comprise raw materials for energy, metal, construction and other industrial
applications are considered strategic commodities, fundamental in stock markets worldwide …

Surface wave (SW) methods offer promising options for an effective and sustainable
development of seismic exploration, but they still remain under-exploited in hard rock sites …

Abandoned coal tunnels (ACTs) pose risks to coal mine safety by accumulating gas and
water, causing surface subsidence, and endangering infrastructure. Accurate detection of …

We have developed a 1D laterally constrained inversion of surface-wave dispersion curves
based on the minimum gradient support regularization, which allows solutions with tunable …

In hard-rock mineral exploration using reflection seismic imaging, standard methods to
estimate the static corrections based on the analysis of seismic body waves might be …

The acquisition of seismic exploration data in remote locations presents several logistical
and economic criticalities. The irregular distribution of sources and/or receivers facilitates …

Ambient seismic noise tomography is a novel, low-impact method to investigate the Earth's
structure. While most passive seismic studies focus on structures at crustal scales, there are …

Worldwide consumption of raw materials presents constantly increasing trends which, within
the EU, are predicted to persist in the following decades (OECD, 2019). As a result, the need …