Effect of topography on the data of magnetotelluric sounding (MTS)

Effect of topography is one of the main problems for the MTS work in mountain areas. To this problem we have made theoretical analyses and numerical modeling by using a two dimensional model in homogeneous halfspace. Our results indicate that effect of topography depends on the type of MTS data, mode of polarization, electromagnetic wave period of field source, survey site, as well as the form and scale of topography. In addition, we also give the estimates on the extent of topography effect in terms of calculations by a cliff model.