Papers and insights

Manuals and case studies about winMASW^®, HoliSurface^® and ELIOVSP^® can be downloaded from the respective pages (menu "products")

 

• Possible Effects of Industrial Components on the Miniature Array Analysis of Microtremors and Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (with Some Notes on Their Joint Inversion)
  Dal Moro, G., 2025, Pure and Applied Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-025-03736-9

 

• Efficient 2D Vs profiling via surface wave multi-component passive data
  Dal Moro G., Proceedings of the EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers) Near Surface Geoscience 2024 Conference (Helsinki, Finland, 8-12 September 2024)

 

• Eigenmode identification and characterization via GF3DPM analysis
  Dal Moro G., Proceedings of the EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers) Near Surface Geoscience 2024 Conference (Helsinki, Finland, 8-12 September 2024)

 

• Determination of the Vs profile at a "noisy" industrial site via active and passive data: the critical role of Love waves and the opportunities of multi-component group velocity analysis
  Dal Moro G. and Mazanec M., 2024, GEOPHYSICS, 0: 1-77. https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2022-0540.1

 

• Lezioni di sismica. Onde di volume, di superficie, sezioni 2D e amplificazioni
  Dal Moro G., 2023, Dario Flaccovio Editore, ISBN 9788857911946, 248 pp, (in Italian)

 

• Application of Holisurface Technique in MASW and HVSR Surveys for Site Characterisation at Ewoyaa, Ghana
  Ewusi A., Miezah-Adams M., Klu A.K., Ansah E., Seidu J., 2023,  7, 2616-1486, http://www2.umat.edu.gh/gjt/index.php/gjt/article/view/416

 

• MASW? A critical perspective on problems and opportunities in surface-wave analysis from active and passive data (with few legal considerations)
  Dal Moro G., Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2023, 103369, ISSN 1474-7065, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2023.103369

 

• Tools for the efficient analysis of surface waves from active and passive seismic data: exploring an NE-Italy perilagoon area with significant lateral variations
  Dal Moro G., Stemberk J., Earth Planets Space 74, 140 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-022-01698-z

 

• Determination of the V_S profile in a noisy industrial site: further evidences about the importance of Love waves and the opportunities of the group velocity analysis
  Dal Moro G., 2022, Proceedings of the 40th GNGTS (Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida) National Congress, Trieste (Italy), June 27-29 2022

 

• MASW? Oltre la soggettività nell’analisi delle onde di superficie: velocità di fase e gruppo nella ri-elaborazione FVS di un vecchio e complesso dataset multi-componente
  Dal Moro G., 2022, Atti del 40° convegno nazionale GNGTS (Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida), Trieste (Italy), 27-29 giugno 2022

 

• Multiple-peak HVSR curves: Management and statistical assessment
  Dal Moro G., Panza G.F., 2021, Engineering Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106500

 

• Cavity effect on Rayleigh wave dispersion and P-wave refraction
  Rahnema H., Mirassi S. & Dal Moro G., 2021, Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 20, 79–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-021-2006-y

 

• Efficient Joint Analysis of Surface Waves and Introduction to Vibration Analysis: Beyond the Clichés
  Dal Moro G., 2020, Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-46303-8

 

• The magnifying effect of a thin shallow stiff layer on Love waves as revealed by multi-component analysis of surface waves
  Dal Moro G., Scientific Reports 10, 9071 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66070-1

 

• On the identification of industrial components in the Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) from microtremors
  Dal Moro G., 2020, Pure and Applied Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-020-02424-0

 

• Mapping bedrock topography of the Lower Aare valley using seismic surface waves
  Keller L., Dal Moro G., Spillmann T., Deplazes G., Madritsch H., 7th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Fribourg 2019 (22-23 November 2019)

 

• On the efficient acquisition and holistic analysis of Rayleigh waves: Technical aspects and two comparative case studies
  Dal Moro G., Al-Arifi N., Moustafa S.R., 2019, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 125 (2019) 105742, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2019.105742
  

 

• Surface wave analysis: improving the accuracy of the shear-wave velocity profile through the efficient joint acquisition and Full Velocity Spectrum (FVS) analysis of Rayleigh and Love waves
  Dal Moro G., 2019, Exploration Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/08123985.2019.1606202

 

• Acquisizione e analisi di dati sismici e vibrazionali per studi di caratterizzazione sismica e geotecnica
  Dal Moro G., 2019, Dario Flaccovio Editore, ISBN 9788857908786, 280pp (in Italian)
  

 

• Effective Active and Passive Seismics for the Characterization of Urban and Remote Areas: Four Channels for Seven Objective Functions
  Dal Moro G., Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-018-2043-2
  Available for online reading at the following link: https://rdcu.be/bbT04

 

• Influenza della modellazione degli edifici sulla determinazione della loro vulnerabilità sismica
  Sancin L., Dal Moro G., Amadio C., Romanelli F., Vaccari F., 2018, Extended abstract for the GNGTS 2018 assembly (gngts.ogs.trieste.it), Lavoro vincitore del premio AGCL 2018

 

• Strain monitoring of active faults in the central Apennines (Italy) during the period 2002–2017
  Stemberk Josef, Dal Moro G., Stemberk Jacub,  Blahůt J., Coubal M., Košťák B., Zambrano M., Tondi E., Tectonophysics, Vol. 750, January 2019, pp 22-35, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.10.033

 

• Problemi e soluzioni per la corretta definizione del profilo V_S (velocità delle onde di taglio) in studi di geotecnica e microzonazione sismica
  Dal Moro G., Geologia Tecnica & Ambientale, Rivista dell'Ordine Nazionale dei Geologi, ISSN 1722 - 0025, numero 1/2018, 43-60

 

• Gaussian-filtered Horizontal Motion (GHM) plots of non-synchronous ambient microtremors for the identification of flexural and torsional modes of a building
  Dal Moro G., Weber T., Keller L., 2018, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 112, 243–255

 

• Improved Holistic Analysis of Rayleigh Waves for Single- and Multi-Offset Data: Joint Inversion of Rayleigh-Wave Particle Motion and Vertical- and Radial-Component Velocity Spectra
  Dal Moro G., Moustafa S.R., Al-Arifi N., 2017, Pure and Applied Geophysics, DOI 10.1007/s00024-017-1694-8
  

 

• Single- and Multi-Component Inversion of Rayleigh Waves Acquired by a Single 3-Component Geophone: an Illustrative Case Study
  Dal Moro G., Puzzilli L. M., 2017, Acta Geodyn. Geomater., Vol. 14, No. 4 (188), 431–444, DOI: 10.13168/AGG.2017.0024

 

• RPM Analysis and Advanced Joint Processing of a SED (Swiss Seismological Service) Dataset
  Dal Moro G., Keller L., 2017, Proceedings of the GNGTS congress (14-16 November 2017 - Trieste, Italy), 693-696

 

• Analysis of Rayleigh-Wave Particle Motion from Active Seismics
  Dal Moro G., Al-Arifi N., Moustafa S.R., 2017, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA), 107, 51-62

 

• Shear-wave velocity profiling according to three alternative approaches: a comparative case study
  Dal Moro G., Keller L., Al-Arifi N., Moustafa S.R., 2016, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 134, 112–124

 

• Four geophones for seven possible objective functions: active and passive seismics for tricky areas
  Dal Moro G., Invited presentation and Extended Abstract for the Urban Geophysics workshop of the 22nd EAGE Near Surface Geoscience conference (4-8 September 2016 - Barcelona, Spain)
  

 

• Assessing ground compaction via time lapse surface-wave analysis
  Dal Moro G., Al-Arifi, Moustafa S.R., 2016 Acta Geodyn. Geomater, 13, No 3 (183), 249-256, DOI: 10.13168/AGG.2016.0006

 

• Less is more: from van der Rohe to the 4-channel system for the efficient and holistic analysis of surface waves. A urban case studyDal Moro G., Moustafa S.R., Al-Arifi, Proceedings of the GNGTS (gngts.ogs.trieste.it) congress (17-19 November 2015 - Trieste, Italy)

 

• Determinazione del profilo verticale della velocità delle onde di taglio per la caratterizzazione sismica di sito: analisi multi-componente per una corretta e completa interpretazione dei dati e ricostruzione del profilo V_S
  Dal Moro G., Alessandrini A., Bassano F., Basso Fin M., GEOLOGI MARCHE (Rivista dell'Ordine dei Geologi delle Marche), Maggio-Agosto 2015, 55, 3-11

 

• Geophysikalische In-situ-Bestimmung der Eingangsparameter in die seismischen Standortanalysen am Beispiel des Ambassador House Opfikon
  Keller L., Weber T., Dal Moro G., 2015, Proceedings of the 14^th D-A-CH conference of the Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Zurich, August 20-21, SIA D0255, ISBN 978-3-03732-060-0

 

• A Comprehensive Seismic Characterization via Multi-Component Analysis of Active and Passive Data
  Dal Moro G., Keller L., Poggi V., 2015, First Break, 33, 45-53

 

• Efficient acquisition and holistic analysis of Rayleigh waves
  Dal Moro G., Moustafa S.R., Al-Arifi, Proceedings of the Near-Surface EAGE 2015 congress (Turin - Italy) [having received a very high score from the reviewers, the work was invited to be published in one of the EAGE journals]

 

• Multi-component Joint Analysis of Surface Waves
  Dal Moro G., Moura R.M., Moustafa S.R., 2015, J. Appl. Geophysics, 119, 128-138

 

• Power point presentation about surface-wave analysis according to advanced joint procedures
  

 

• Optimizing the exploration of vast areas via multi-component surface-wave analysis
  Dal Moro G. and Keller L., EAGE 2015, June 1-5 2015 (Madrid - Spain), Extended Abstract

 

• Oberflächengebundene Bestimmung eines robusten Vs-Modells als Eingangsparameter zu bodendynamischen Berechnungen an einer historischen Klosterkirche [Surface-wave analysis for the determination of a robust V_S model for soil dynamics analysis at a historic monastery church]
  Keller L., Dal Moro G., Lacave C., 2015. Proceedings 75^th Annual Meeting of the DGG (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft - German Geophysical Society), Hannover March 23-26, 2015

 

• Joint analysis of Rayleigh-Wave Dispersion and HVSR of Lunar Seismic Data from the Apollo 14 and 16 sites
  Dal Moro G., 2015, ICARUS, 254, 338-349
  

 

• Seismic response analysis of NAGRA-Net stations using advanced geophysical techniques
  Poggi V., Edwards B., Dal Moro G., Keller L., Fäh D., 2015, Extended Abstract for EGU 2015, Vienna, 12-17 April 2015

 

• Unconventional Optimized Surface Wave Acquisition and Analysis: Comparative Tests in a Perilagoon Area
  Dal Moro G., Ponta R., Mauro R., 2015, J. Appl. Geophysics, 114, 158-167

 

• Surface Wave Analysis for Near Surface Applications
  Dal Moro G., 2014, Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-12-800770-9, 252pp (theory, field practice and advanced joint analysis)

 

• Shear-Wave Velocity Reconstruction via Unconventional Joint Analysis of Seismic Data: a Case Study in the light of Some Theoretical Aspects
  Dal Moro G., Coviello V., Del Carlo G., 2014, IAEG XII CONGRESS - Turin, September 15-19, 2014. In "Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 5" - Springer International Publishing, 1177-1182

 

• Unambiguous determination of the V_S profile via joint analysis of multi-component active and passive seismic data
  Dal Moro G., Keller L., 2013, Proceedings of the 19^th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Bochum, Germany, 9-11 September 2013 [having received a very high score from the reviewers, the work was invited to be published in the EAGE journals and was eventually accepted for publication in First Break]
  Here available the related Power Point presentation
  

 

• Joint Analysis of Lunar Surface Waves: the Apollo 16 dataset
  Dal Moro G., 2013, Proceedings of the 19^th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Bochum, Germany, 9-11 September 2013 [having received a very high score from the reviewers, the work was invited to be published as full paper in Geophysical Prospecting - but was eventually submitted and published in ICARUS (the Elsevier journal of Planetary Sciences)]

 

• Onde di Superficie in Geofisica Applicata – acquisizione ed analisi secondo le tecniche MASW e HVSR
  Dal Moro G., 2012, Dario Flaccovio Editore,  ISBN 978-8857901169, 191pp (in Italian)

 

• V_S measurements through dispersive wave methods in the urban environment of Porto (North Portugal)
  Moura R. M., Noronha F., Almeida F., Dal Moro G., 2012, 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 24-28 September 2012, Lisbon (Portugal)

 

• Joint Analysis of Surface Waves
  Dal Moro G., Graz (Austria), 9-13 July 2012, Mini-Symposium Surface and Interface Acoustic Waves in Solids, 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, invited speaker
  

 

• Alcune problematicità nell’analisi delle onde di superficie e del rapporto spettrale H/V
  Dal Moro G. and Pipan M., 2012, Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, 2/2012, 68-81

 

• Joint Analysis of Rayleigh and Love Wave Dispersion for Near-Surface Studies: Issues, Criteria and Improvements
  Dal Moro G., Ferigo F., 2011, J. Appl. Geophysics, 75, 573-589

 

• Some Aspects about Surface Wave and HVSR Analyses: a Short Overview and a Case Study
  Dal Moro G., 2011, invited paper, BGTA - Bollettino Geofisica Teorica e Applicata, 52, 241-259

 

• Insights on Surface-Wave Dispersion Curves and HVSR: Joint Analysis via Pareto Optimality
  Dal Moro G., 2010, J. Appl. Geophysics, 72, 29-140

 

• V_S and V_P Vertical Profiling via Joint Inversion of Rayleigh Waves and Refraction Travel Times by means of Bi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm
  Dal Moro G., 2008, J. Appl. Geophysics, 66, 15-24

 

• Joint Inversion of Surface Wave Dispersion Curves and Reflection Travel Times via Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms
  Dal Moro G., Pipan M., 2007, J. Appl. Geophysics, 61, 56-81

 

• Haze Removal and Data Calibration for High-Resolution Satellite Data
  Dal Moro G., Halounova L., 2007, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28, 2187-2205

 

• Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Curve Inversion via Genetic Algorithms and Posterior Probability Density Evaluation
  Dal Moro G., Pipan M., Gabrielli P., 2007, J. Appl. Geophysics, 61, 39-55

 

• Harmonic Noise Attenuation for Vibroseis Data
  Dal Moro G., Scholtz P., Iranpour K., 2007, GNGTS, Rome (Italy), 13-15 November 2007

 

• Velocity Spectra and Seismic Signal Identification for Surface Wave Analysis
  Dal Moro G., Forte E., Pipan M., Sugan M., 2006, Near Surface Geophysics, 4, 243-251

 

• Shear-Wave Profiling via SH Reflection Analysis and Rayleigh Wave Inversion
  Dal Moro G., Pipan M., Forte E., Gabrielli P., Sugan M., Forlin E. and Finetti I., 2005, Proceedings SEG 2005, 75^th Annual Meeting, Huston, Texas, November 2005

 

• Multi-fold, multi-component and multi-azimuth GPR for subsurface imaging and material characterisation
  Pipan M., Forte M., Dal Moro G., Sugan M., Finetti I. , 2004, in Ground-Penetrating Radar, 2nd Edition (David J. Daniels Editor) ISBN: 0863413609, Peter Peregrinus Ltd UK , 310-322

 

• Determination of Rayleigh wave dispersion curves for near surface applications in unconsolidated sediments
  Dal Moro G., Pipan M., Forte E., Finetti I., Proceedings SEG, 73^st Annual Int. Mtg. (Dallas, Texas, Oct 2003)

 

• Multifold Ground-Penetrating Radar and Resistivity to Study the Stratigraphy of Shallow Unconsolidated Sediments
  Pipan, M., Forte, E., Dal Moro, G., Sugan, M. and Finetti, I., 2003, The Leading Edge, 22, 876-881

 

• Multi-Frequency and Multi-Azimuth Polarimetric GPR for Buried Utilities Detection
  Marsiglio L., Pipan M., Forte E., Dal Moro G., Finetti I., Proceedings EAGE 2003 (Stavanger, Norway)
  

 

• Time-lapse Tomography
  Vesnaver A., Accaino F., Böhm G., Madrussani G., Pajchel J., Rossi G., Dal Moro G., 2003, Geophysics, 68, 815-823

 

• A 3D Seismic Survey for Groundwater Protection
  Rossi G., Dal Moro G., Mammo T., Nieto D., Picotti S., Vesnaver A., Vuan A., 2001, Proceedings SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), 71^st Annual Int. Mtg. (Texas, Sept 2001), 1333-1336
  

 

• 4D Tomography at the North Sea
  Vesnaver A., Dal Moro G., Madrussani G., Pajchel J., Rossi G., 2001, Proceedings 63rd Mtg. EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers) (Amsterdam, June 2001)
  

 

• Remarkable Tilt-Strain Anomalies Preceding Two Seismic Events in Friuli (NE Italy): Their Interpretation as Precursors
  Dal Moro G., Zadro M., 1999, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 170, 119-129
  

 

• Subsurface Deformations Induced by Rainfall and Atmospheric Pressure: Tilt/Strain Measurements in the NE-Italy Seismic Area
  Dal Moro G., Zadro M., 1998, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 164, 193-203

 

• Geometry and Mechanical Crustal Properties in NE Italy Based on Seismic and Gravity Data
  Dal Moro G., Braitenberg C., Zadro M., 1998, Bollettino Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 39, 37-46