2D full waveform inversion of shallow seismic Rayleigh waves

Main objective of this work is the application of 2D full waveform inversion (FWI) to recorded shallow seismic Rayleigh waves. Synthetic studies which are applied in preparation of such an inversion are presented to investigate the significance of different effects (e.g. effects of anelastic damping, influence of P-wave velocity model). Finally, a successful application of 2D FWI to a field dataset acquired on a predominantly depth dependent structure is discussed.