Thermal springs in China |
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| Authors: | An Keshi |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology Ministry of Geology, The People's Republic of China, Zhending Hebei |
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| Abstract: | Since the founding of the New China, the development and utilization of thermal spring resources in China have made rapid progress. Efforts were mainly devoted to the utilization of thermal springs in medical services before the end of the sixties. Since the 70's development of geothermal resources directed to multipurpose use in industry and agriculture has emerged with great vigour, with investigation and prospection of thermal springs undertaken in over two thirds of the provinces in China. Special geothermal exploration have been carried out in big cities where there are no natural thermal springs, and geothermal water has been found in city areas such as Beijing, Tianjin, Xian and Kunmin. In addition, hundreds of drill wells have tapped thermal water in the course of exploration and development of oil-gas fields.The present paper discusses the distribution and formation of thermal springs in China on the basis of the enormous data, unpublished data in particular, accumulated in the course of the above-mentioned effort.The author of this article wishes to express his sincere gratitude to the many organizations and colleagues for their numerous data and valuable suggestions and comments provided during the preparation of this article. |
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