Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 19 Geophysical monitoring of the near-surface by electromagnetic and other geophysical methods 2008 10.5194/adgeo-19-17-2008 http://www.adv-geosci.net/19/17/2008/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/19/17/2008/adgeo-19-17-2008.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/19/17/2008/adgeo-19-17-2008.pdf 17 22 2008-11-14 A multifrequency and multisensor approach for the study and the restoration of monuments: the case of the Cathedral of Matera N. Masini n.masini@ibam.cnr.it R. Persico A. Guida A. Pagliuca CNR-IBAM (Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali), C.da S. Loja 85050 Tito Scalo (PZ), Italy DAPIT, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Polytechnic of Bari, Bari, Italy In this paper we propose an integrated approach to diagnostic prospecting applied to the cathedral of Matera, in Southern Italy. In particular, we have performed both an ultrasonic tomography and a high frequency GPR prospecting on some pillars of the Church to investigate about possible structural yielding and a GPR prospecting at lower frequencies on the floor, where also a linear inversion algorithm has been applied to the data. Binda, L., Saisia, A., Tiraboschi, C., Valle, S., Colla, C., and Forde, M.: Application of sonic and radar tests on the piers and walls of the Cathedral of Noto, Constr. Build Mater, 17(8), 613–627, 2003. Masini, N., Nuzzo, L., Rizzo, E.: GPR investigations for the study and the restoration of the Rose Window of Troia Cathedral (Southern Italy), Near Surf. Geophys., 287–300, 2007. Persico, R.: On the role of measurement Configuration in Contactless GPR data Processing by Means of Linear Inverse Scattering, IEEE Trans, On Antennas and Prop AP, 54(7), 2062–2071, July 2006. Persico, R.: "Paralipomena" on uniqueness in inverse scattering from a finite number of data, Ann. Geophys., 50, 165–175, 2007. Persico, R. and Soldovieri, F.: Effects of the Background Removal in Linear Inverse Scattering, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(4), 1104–1114, 2008.