INDUCED CURRENT DISTRIBUTION IN A CONDUCTIVE TWO‐LAYER SPHERICAL BODY
Under complex geologic situations the analysis of induced current distribution, rather than of the scattered field, may provide a useful physical insight into the electromagnetic response characteristics of a conducting ore body. Influence of a conducting cover and inhomogeneity in the conductivity on the currents induced in aspherical conductor excited by a uniform alternating magnetic field has, therefore, been investigated. The analysis shows (a) reduction of the current‐density amplitudes in the core by the cover, (b) occurrence of current‐density maxima inside the conducting system for some characteristic frequencies, (c) enhancement of the in‐phase component in some cases, and (d) reduction of current‐density in the shell with increase in the core conductivity and significant influence of the inhomogeneity in conductivity at low frequencies. Since there is a direct correspondence between the electromagnetic response of a target and the currents induced in it, these results are expected to aid in the interpretation of data over ore deposits having a halo‐zone of disseminated mineralization.