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 | | The geologic model for the origin of the warm springs in Virginia (and the entire eastern United States) is thus one of deep meteoric circulation, as shown in the figures below. |
 | | It is well known from a thermodynamic standpoint that a lot of warm water at a lower temperature is considerably better from the standpoint of geothermal resource potential than a little water of considerably higher temperature. |
 | | Sorey, M.L., Reed, M.J., Foley, D., and Renner, J.L., 1983, Low-temperature geothermal resources in the central and eastern United States, in Reed, M.J., ed., Assessment of low-temperature geothermal resources of the United States -- 1982, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 892. |
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