Table of Contents

Near-Surface Site Characterization Using Surface Waves.- Surface Wave Testing for Geotechnical Characterization.- Surface Waves in Dissipative Media: Forward and Inverse Modelling.- Waves Propagation Modes: From Simple Systems to Layered Soils.- Elastic modelling of surface waves in single and multicomponent systems.- Modelling of surface waves in poroelastic saturated materials by means of a two component continuum.- Theory of Nonlinear Surface Waves and Solitons.- Experimental Soil Behaviour: its Testing by Waves and Engineering Applications.