Application of full-waveform inversion to shallow-seismic Rayleigh waves on 2D structures

The main objective of this work is the application of 2D elastic full-waveform inversion (FWI) to recorded shallow-seismic Rayleigh waves on 2D structures. The thesis is focused on methodological improvements in preparation for shallow-seismic applications, investigations of line-source implementation in order to consider 3D wave propagation effects in a 2D FWI and applications to field data recorded at the southern rim of the Taunus which is a significantly 2D-heterogeneous structure.