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This chapter describes varied and colorful 77 boiling springs in great detail. The types of geothermal manifestation include geysers, hydrothermal exploration, fumaroles, steaming ground, silica sinter, travertine, hot water lake, and intense hydrothermal alteration, and so on. Daggy, Capu in Tibet, and Caluparseng Qumig in Sichuan are three famous geysers. The strongest hydrothermal exploration took place at Qucain Lungba (Qubug) of Burang County in Tibet. The Yangbajain geothermal field and The Rehai geothermal field are the biggest high-temperature hydrothermal convective systems in southwestern China.
The original version of this chapter was revised: A new sentence has been included near Fig. 5.5 citation. The erratum to this chapter is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3485-5_11
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Liao, Z. (2018). Boiling Springs in the Southwest China. In: Thermal Springs and Geothermal Energy in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the Surroundings. Springer Hydrogeology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3485-5_5
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