RT Journal Article T1 Resultados y experiencias de aplicación del método de Refracción por Microtremor (Sísmica Pasiva) para la investigación geofísica de las nuevas líneas de metro en Madrid (España) T1 Results and experiences of application of the Refraction Microtremor method for the geophysical investigation ofthe new subway lines in Madrid (Spain) A1 Muñoz Martín, Alfonso A1 Carbó Gorosabel, A. AB Geophysical exploration with seismic methods in urban zones presents several disadvantages: the presenceof numerous sources of seismic noise, the scanty penetration when the seismic source is a hammer andthe disability to detect buried low-velocity beds. Recently (Louie, 2001) a new method of seismicinvestigation has been developed, which allows vertical modeling of Raleygh waves from spectral analysis(Vphase/frequency) using the seismic signal registered with conventional seismographs and geophones.This method allows to detect low-velocity buried beds of great interest in tunneling, and to reachdepths below 50 meters. In this work we discuss the conditions of application and experiences obtainedduring the 2005 geophysical surveys carried out in Madrid before the excavation of the new subwaytunnels PB Sociedad Geológica de España YR 2006 FD 2006 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8629 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8629 LA spa DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 31 may 2026