Abstract
As an important geothermal resource, thermal mineral water has high resource efficiency and thermal energy efficiency. The aim of this study was to delineate prospective areas of thermal mineral water based on potential thermal mineral water sites and faults. Linear regression was used to process the temperature of 22 known thermal mineral water sites as dependent variables, and 54 indices of the lower soil of multipurpose regional geochemical surveys as independent variables, in the area of intermediate-acid intrusive rocks and sediment degeneration rocks on Hainan Island. Published data were quoted from the National Multi-Purpose Regional Geochemical Survey (Hainan Province, China). According to the regressive modelling of 2197 lower soil samples, 547 potential thermal mineral water sites were delineated after considering 4 factors—geological background, regional structure, interval of dependent variable’s predictive temperature, and boundary of independent variable’s contents—which were compared against 22 known thermal mineral water sites to choose the 2197 lower soil samples, based on the choice of prospective sites of thermal mineral water on Hainan Island. The results showed that the proportion of A1-level sites that were >70 °C constituted 11% of all A1-level prospective sites, reflecting the superiority of east–west or north–east directional regional faults in controlling the distribution of thermal mineral water. This study shows the indications of the multipurpose regional geochemical survey with regards to thermal mineral water, which is one of the most important tourist resources of Hainan Island.
Highlights
Geothermal resources are buried underground, and are controlled by conditions such as geological structure, stratum lithology, and water–rock interaction [1,2,3,4,5]
This study shows the indications of the multipurpose regional geochemical survey with regards to thermal mineral water, which is one of the most important tourist resources of Hainan Island
A linear regression analysis was performed based on the temperature of known thermal mineral water and the content of deep soil elemental indicators from a multipurpose regional geochemical survey of Hainan Island; among the 54 basic indicators, 4 indicators—Th, Be, Ce, and Sn—entered the regression equation
Summary
Geothermal resources are buried underground, and are controlled by conditions such as geological structure, stratum lithology, and water–rock interaction [1,2,3,4,5]. Their distribution is closely related to plate tectonics, and plate tectonic movement has a controlling effect on global geotropic activities. China’s medium- and low-temperature geothermal resources are widely distributed in the continental crustal uplift and crustal subsidence areas within the plate. The fault zones formed in different geological periods are widely distributed in the crustal uplift. Hainan Island is very rich in thermal mineral water resources, and 32 rift-type belt distributions of thermal mineral water have been
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