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The results of geomagnetic soundings in the West Carpathians are presented. The number of observation sites in this region was approximately 90. The data treatment included the calculation of single-station transfer functions and the separation of the fields into external and internal parts on some profiles. The interpretation was based on the construction of twodimensional models explaining the observed features. The observed distribution of geomagnetic induction vectors is very regular and the axis of the anomaly runs in the contact region between the outer and inner Carpathians.The thickness of the well-conducting rock complex exceeds 10 km. The wellconducting rocks seem to be the sediments which accumulated in the contact region of the platform. The asymmetry in the distribution of induction vector amplitudes on some profiles can be accounted for by asymmetrical geometry, which is characteristic of the underthrusting of rocks.

Magnetic variation data recorded at 143 sites in the period range of 1000−6000 seconds were used to model the conductance distribution in the eastern part of the Bohemian Massif (BM) and the West Carpathians (WCP). The region represents a contact zone of the Palaeozoic Hercynian and Tertiary Carpathian orogenic systems. Two anomalies in the distribution of the electrical conductivity were found. One with a simple two-dimensional feature is located approximately near the boundary of the Inner and Outer West Carpathians, but the other of a complicated three-dimensional character is at the eastern margin of the BM. We inverted the observed geomagnetic data for the conductance in a unimodal thin sheet embedded at a specific depth. The inversion algorithm minimises the parametric functional that sums the squared norm of the misfit and the stabilising functional, and employs conjugate gradient optimisation. To express the sharp tectonic boundaries, we employed a minimum gradient support functional, which is applied in areas with strong variations of the model parameters. The inversion results confirmed a quasi-linear character of the regional anomaly distinguishing the Carpathian plate and led to new insight into the anomaly over the eastern margin of the BM. According to the results of the modelling the anomaly is formed by several conductive belts intersecting the anomalous zone. These belts follow important faults, dividing the transition zone between the BM and the WCP into individual blocks.

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Recurrence formulae for calculating impedance tensor elements of the magnetotelluric field at the surface of N-layer anisotropic medium have been derived and numerical results obtained for some specific models. Directional properties of impedance tensor elements, apparent resistivities, deviation angles from perpendicularity of magnetotelluric fields, and polarization characteristics are analyzed and their importance for the interpretation of magnetotelluric results is discussed.