Experimental results at two test sites are described, which support the idea that the cross-correlation of noise recordings allows the retrieval of the local Green's function also including subsoil attenuation properties. In particular, the analysis of field measurements of environmental noise carried on with arrays of common vertical geophones suggests that passive in-situ estimates of the attenuation exponent are possible and that the values provided in this way are comparable with those obtained with alternative active techniques. These results open new interesting perspectives for engineering and geotechnical application of environmental noise surveys.
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Albarello, D., Baliva, F. (2009). In-Situ Estimates of Material Damping from Environmental Noise Measurements. In: Mucciarelli, M., Herak, M., Cassidy, J. (eds) Increasing Seismic Safety by Combining Engineering Technologies and Seismological Data. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9196-4_6
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