A method of analysing results from an electromagnetic survey of an area
that is thought or known to contain a subterranean resistive or
conductive body within a background strata configuration is described.
The method comprises providing a set of electromagnetic field data
obtained using at least one electromagnetic receiver and at least one
electromagnetic source for a range of source-receiver separations, e.g.
providing conventional controlled-source electromagnetic survey data. A
subset of the electromagnetic field data is identified that comprises
data obtained for source-receiver separations greater than a selected
threshold offset. The threshold offset is chosen so that data beyond this
offset are characteristic of magnetotelluric data. Thus the subset of
data is then processed in accordance with a first technique to obtain
information on the background strata configuration. Other electromagnetic
field data obtained for source-receiver separations less than the
threshold offset may then be processed in accordance with a second
technique to obtain information on any subterranean resistive or
conductive body within the background strata configuration.