Electromagnetic methods are mainly applied in the prospection of massive sulphide deposits. These deposits are frequently long in extension and thin, therefore the interpretation can be carried out considering a half-plane model in a resistive ambient. However, in Amazon region or in semi-arid and tropical regions where a partialy conductive to conductive overburden is encountered, interpretations using a resistive ambient model give erroneous results. The objective of this work is to study the influence of the conducting overburden on electromagnetic anomalies of inclined sheet-like bodies in ohmic contact with the overburden, using coil configurations - horizontal coplanar (HCP), vertical coplanar (VCP), vertical coaxial (VCA) and minium couple system (PERP). These studies are realized with the aid of analog modelling where the ore-body is simulated by a graphite sheet and the conducting overburden by ammonium choride solution. Generally, the diferente coil systems studied here show the similar characteristics of the overburden effects, reserving some peculiar effects of each coil system. The effects of a conductive overburden in ohmic contact with the orebody could be briefly described as follows: (i) There is an anti-clockwise phase rotation initially with the increase in the overburden induction number, but with further increase the phase rotates clockwise; (ii) The form of the quadrature anomaly profile is altered due to the appearence of an extra peak on the down-dip side of the ore-body, and (iii) The peak to peak quadrature anomaly on the up-dip side increases uniformly with increase in the overburden induction number. Highest anomalies are obtained with the horizontal coplanar system and lowest with vertical coplanar. No extra-peak in the quadrature profile is observed with the vertical coaxial system in this study. Also, the overbuden effects are more prominent in the horizontal coplanar system compared to vertical coil systems, and in the anomalies of the less inclined half-planes and at lesser depths.
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