The intention of the project is to conduct complex geophysical research in the seismically active western part of the Bohemian Massif involving seismology, gravimetry, heat flow, magnetotellurics, and long-term monitoring of gas and mineral water compositions. The results should deepen our knowledge of the crustal dynamics, of the stability of the upper crust, of the state of crustal stress and its fluctuation in time and, consequently, of the causes of the West Bohemia/VogtIand earthquake swarms The eventual aim is to find out how relevant are crustal fluids in the processes generating the West Bohemia/Vogtland swarms, and what sort of energy sources drive the geodynamic processes in this and other similar regions in the world. The seismological studies will profit mainly from unique local observations of an intensive 2000 earthquake swarm and from profile data obtained within the active refraction experiment CELEBRATION 2000. Stress analyses will be oriented at both paleostress assessment and e

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