本文概要地叙述了横波勘探方法的发展状况,应用的理论基础,激发和接收方式,以及资料的处理和解释方法。对横波法的勘探能力做了某些分析,并对我国开展横波勘探工作提出了几点建议。 This article briefly describes the development of transverse wave exploration methods, the theoretical basis of application, excitation and reception methods, and data processing and interpretation methods. Some analyzes have been made on the exploration ability of the transverse wave method, and some suggestions are put forward for carrying out the transverse wave exploration in our country.