On: “Crone pulse electromagnetic response of a conducting thin horizontal sheet—Theory and application,” by S. S. Rai (GEOPHYSICS, 50, 1350–1354, August 1985).
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Rai uses a simple formula for the step response of a conducting, horizontal thin sheet in the time domain and applies it to the Crone pulse electromagnetic (PEM) system. He also uses this formulation to interpret some field results. The idea of an infinite, horizontal, conductive thin sheet is valid in some cases for both ground and airborne EM systems. However, I disagree with some of the derivations of the thin‐sheet equation as presented in the subject paper. The applicability of the study is not questioned; but the interpretation of the field example may be different.