High-resolution spectroscopic and spectropolarimetric data of the rapidly oscillating Ap star HD 24712 (HR 1217, DO Eri) has been analysed including modelling the vertical elemental abundance structures. We study the interaction and the relation of the vertical (stratification) and the horizontal (spots) abundance characteristics of Fe and the stellar magnetic field. By this synopsis and the relation of our results to the analysis of high resolution and high time resolved observations (Sachkov et al. 2005) we are likely to gain new insights about the atmospheric structure and the geometry, the origin, and the evolution of the magnetic fields of roAp stars.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
