Seismic body and surface wave data integration for near surface characterisation

Seismic methods are widely used in near surface characterisation and very often different seismic datasets relative to body and surface waves are acquired at the same site. These data are, in the majority of the cases, acquired and interpreted separately to provide different information disregarding the synergies between different methods both in acquisition and inversion. In particular the joint or constrained inversion of different datasets may overcome intrinsic limitations of individual techniques and provide a more reliable and consistent final velocity model. Moreover, different information coming from different datasets provide a comprehensive site characterisation.