Breakthrough Progress in Geothermal Exploration in Sichuan Basin: The First Hot Spring with a Temperature of Over 80  Produced in the Surrounding Area of Sichuan Basin

Breakthrough Progress in Geothermal Exploration in Sichuan Basin: The First Hot Spring with a Temperature of Over 80 Produced in the Surrounding Area of Sichuan Basin

Source: Sichuan Daily - Chuanguan NewsChuanguan News Reporter Wang Ruoye Photography Huang XiaoHot spring waterHot spring water outlet platformHot spring water outlet platform83Zhang Ji, the project chief engineer and professor level senior engineer of the First Geological Brigade of Sichuan Province, introduced that the water source of the geothermal spring well comes from the infiltration and replenishment of atmospheric rainfall in the southwestern limestone outcrop area. It flows through karst crevices or pipelines along the catchment structure for long-distance runoff and deep circulation, continuously exchanging and convecting with the surrounding rock through physical and chemical interactions, thereby forming hot mineral water...