Integrated Geophysical Investigation for the Byzantine Church (12th Century) of the Kaisariani Monastery, Athens Greece

Greece often hosts many earthquakes, whilst a moderate or small magnitude earthquake is felt every 2–3 days on average. Greece is also full of historical monuments with the great need for their protection as well as for archaeological excavation. An integrated geophysical investigation, in and around the byzantine church of Kaisariani Monastery, is designed in order to detect the stratigraphy under the church, the seismic velocities VP and VS of the near surface layers and possible anthropogenic structures or other local features in the underground. EM, GPR ERT and seismic measurements and results, fulfilling the above targets, have provided useful information both to archaeologists and engineers.