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electromagnetic prospecting

A geophysical method employing the generation of electromagnetic waves at the Earth's surface; when the waves penetrate the Earth and impinge on a conducting formation or orebody, they induce currents in the conductors, which are the source of new waves radiated from the conductors and detected by instruments at the surface.

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