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Introduction: A Miscellanea

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This first chapter could be considered as a sort of warm up section aimed at clarifying a series of general issues that are often misunderstood or not sufficiently clear. Through a series of theoretical considerations and practical examples are illustrated a series of problems associated to the ambiguities inherently present in the data, the non-uniqueness of the solution, the number of channels necessary to accomplish standard (and improved) MASW (Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves) surveys, the acquisition of multi-component data, the trace polarity and much more.

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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  1. Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

    Giancarlo Dal Moro

  2. Eliosoft, Udine, Italy

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Dal Moro, G. (2020). Introduction: A Miscellanea. In: Efficient Joint Analysis of Surface Waves and Introduction to Vibration Analysis: Beyond the Clichés . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46303-8_1

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