Balneological prospects in Iceland using geothermal resources

• Main Authors: Hrefna Kristmannsdóttir, Ólafur Grímur Björnsson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: balneology; balneotheraphy; geothermal pools; classification of Icelandic geothermal water; Reykjavík; Hveragerði; Blue Lagoon; Seltjarnarnes; Stykkishólmur; Húsavík; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.9524; http://www.jardhitafelag.is/media/PDF/S03Paper055.pdf

Balneotheraphy has been practiced all over the world from early history. In Iceland bathing in geothermal pools was popular for recreation from early settlement some 1100 years ago. The Icelandic Sagas written in the thirteenth century report the use of geothermal bathing for balneotheraphy to ease...