The formation of the hot springs at Bath Spa, UK
The hot springs that emerge at 46 °C in the centre of Bath Spa, Somerset, are unique in the UK. The four other thermal springs in Britain are also sourced in the Carboniferous Limestone, but they emerge at significantly lower temperatures (20 to 28 °C). Bath is situated in a region of low geothermal...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0016756807003482 2024-03-03T08:47:54+00:00 The formation of the hot springs at Bath Spa, UK GALLOIS, RAMUES 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756807003482 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756807003482 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Geological Magazine volume 144, issue 4, page 741-747 ISSN 0016-7568 1469-5081 Geology journal-article 2007 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756807003482 2024-02-08T08:34:59Z The hot springs that emerge at 46 °C in the centre of Bath Spa, Somerset, are unique in the UK. The four other thermal springs in Britain are also sourced in the Carboniferous Limestone, but they emerge at significantly lower temperatures (20 to 28 °C). Bath is situated in a region of low geothermal gradient (about 20 °C/km depth) in a geological setting that seems an unlikely place for hot springs. Why then are these the only hot springs in Britain, and why are they confined to such a small (20 × 80 m) area? The explanation presented here involves a sequence of geological events involving Triassic dissolution and Pleistocene permafrost that is unique to central Bath. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Cambridge University Press Geological Magazine 144 4 741 747 |
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The hot springs that emerge at 46 °C in the centre of Bath Spa, Somerset, are unique in the UK. The four other thermal springs in Britain are also sourced in the Carboniferous Limestone, but they emerge at significantly lower temperatures (20 to 28 °C). Bath is situated in a region of low geothermal gradient (about 20 °C/km depth) in a geological setting that seems an unlikely place for hot springs. Why then are these the only hot springs in Britain, and why are they confined to such a small (20 × 80 m) area? The explanation presented here involves a sequence of geological events involving Triassic dissolution and Pleistocene permafrost that is unique to central Bath. |
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