In archaeology, applied geophysics helps to discover new findings of our hidden cultural heritage. However, these methods have been particularly developed in terrestrial environments, leaving the shallow marine ones almost unexplored. This paper examines the effectiveness of Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves MASW and Seismic Refraction Tomography SRT οn imaging submerged and buried antiquities in a very shallow marine environment.

Recent advances in remote sensing techniques and higher availability of satellite sensors has increased their applicability to several scientifc sectors, including marine research and coastal cultural heritage management. Satellite-derived bathymetry is relatively simple, cost-effective, and time-effective method to extract high resolution bathymetry model. The method has been applied to Koufonisi and Chrisi islands off the coast of south-eastern Crete in southern Greece. The islands’ waters have not yet been investigated for their potential value to cultural heritage in the area.

Time, space and human intervention, are responsible for the conservation of ar-chaeological remains and cultural heritage (CH) in general. Under this framework the project “ClepsYdra will integrate the archaeological research with state-of-the-art methodologies and innovative technological aspects for the documentation and promotion of CH adapt-ing equipment and practices to the shallow underwater context.

Marine environments are characterized by a rather high electrical conductivity. This particular setting allows electromagnetic induction to operate at high induction number, even for relatively low frequency and/or small source-receiver distances. We study the feasibility of imaging the sub seafloor medium with a rigid-boom multi-frequency loop-loop FDEMI instrument floating on very shallow aquatic environment with bathymetry less than 2m.