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Introduction
The geo-tectonic setup of India, the fault
map zones and the epicenter of seismicity
indicate about the anomalous nature of
different types of geothermal distributions.
Geological Survey of India had identified
340 Hot-water springs which are
characterized
by
orogenic
activity.
Geothermal Studies in India taken place by
Schiagintweit who documented 99- Hotwater springs in India in 1864 (1). R. D.
Oldham in 19th century published an
inventory of three hundred thermal springs
India (2). La Touch published a list of
mineral springs in 1918 (3). Subsequently,
studies on the hot springs were carried out
by Heim and Ganssar (1938) (4),
Pranvananda (1949) (5), Ghosh (1954) (6),
Chatterjee and Guha (1964) (7).
The Ministry of Power and Irrigation of our
country constituted a committee on 'Hot
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Fig. 2: Geothermal provinces and regional heat flow pattern in India showing black spots as
geothermal fields.
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A hot water spring or a hydrothermal spring
is a place where warm or hot groundwater
comes out from the earth on a regular basis
for at least a predictable part of the year and
is significantly above the ambient ground
temperature. The heated water can hold
more dissolved solids, warm and especially
hot springs also often have a very high
mineral content, containing everything from
simple calcium to lithium, and even radium
based on the geographical site and location.
Paper,
Leather,
Oil
refineries,
Pharmaceuticals, Dairy based industries. In
this modern era of biotechnology, the
enzyme
industry
has
undergone
comparatively with slower growth then
expected. This is due to the nonavailabilities of variety of thermostable
enzymes which are found in such extreme
environments; therefore this area of research
needs more attention from the industry and
academia.
The close link between the origin of Hotwater Springs with reference to seismicity
levels of earthquake frequencies in Indian
Plateau. Microbial life existences in such
extreme environments play a vital role in
studying the origin of earlier life during
initial periods of evolutions of Earth. (Fig. 1,
Fig. 14)
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Fig. 5: Merged photo of Figure 2 and Figure 4 (with colour for zonal identification).
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Importance of Hot-Water Springs
The change that reflects the diagenesis in
Hot-water Springs is critical factor to
distinguish the evolutionary trends of
archeal development in particular when
comparisons are made to modern
prokaryotes. The tectonic faults arise due to
Himachal Pradesh: Beas Valley:`08`hotwater Springs (300-570 C), Parbati Valley:`06` hot-water Springs (210-1500 C), i.e., a)
Mannikaran (860-940 C) b) Khirganga (1500
C), c) Kasol (1000 C) d) Awas (580 C). Satluj
and Spiti Valley:- 12 hot-water springs (230
C-730 C), i.e., a) Tapri (Hot Water is NaCl
type), b) Chuza-Sumdo (230 C-59 0 C), c)
Tattapani (located at Mandi district and 51
km from Shimla), d) Garam Kund (Near
Bhatwari), e) Vasisht (1100 F -1230 F) (13).
(Figure 9)
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Fig. 8: Map showing the location of the hot springs in Arunanchal Pradesh
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Fig. 11: Map showing Hot water spring locations in Central India (Maharashtra+ +M.P.)
Fig. 12: Borehole discharge at Tattapani Geothermal field, Surguja district, M.P.
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water Springs (Palamu District, 61 0 C- 65 0
C), b) Jarom (50 0 C to 57 0 C), c) Surajkund
of Hazaribag District (880 C ), d) Lakshmi
Kund of Hazaribag District (53 0 C), e)
Brahma Kund of Hazaribag District (45 0 C),
f) Ram Kund of Hazaribag District (62 0 C),
g) Sitakund (53 0 C), h) Bagodar of
Hazaribag
District
(13).
Table 1: Percentage composition of type-II spring bubble gases from hot springs in the
BakreswarTantloi geothermal area.
Spring
(Temperature) 0C
Number of
analysis
He
Bakreswar (69)
Tantloi (66)
Kendughata (65)
Bholeghata (42)
Tantloi (62)
455
86
53
50
67
1.8
1.5
1.1
0.8
1.0
N2
Ar
CO2
90
26
2.0
92.5 1.4 0.2
92.7 1.3 0.6
68.1 0.8 17.9
94.8 2.6 0.3
CH4
27
28
21
0.6
O2
H2
0.8 50 ppm
0.9 0.7
1.7
0.5
12.4
0.3
0.4
Table 2: Average composition of type-I fault air during maximum helium emission at five
locations in the Bakreswar-Tantloi geothermal area.
Location
Bhabanipur
38
He (ppm)
780 132
H2 (ppm)
822 54
Ar (%)
1.0 0.2
N2 (%)
77.82 1.64
O2 (%)
16.91 2.15
CO2 (%) 1.93 0.30
CH4 (%)
1.75 0.37
Bakreswar
Tarasol
June 1999
to
Sept. 2000
Sept. 1999
to
April 2000
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19
Tantloi
562 128
367 110
342 39
694 61
482 18
1044 280
1.2 0.3
1.0 0.1
1.23 0.3
79.36 0.90 79.72 0.90 79.41 1.21
17.01 1.66 18.20 1.11 16.84 0.94
0.77 0.25
0.35 0.12 1.28 0.16
1.52 0.41
0.39 0.26 1.66 0.29
Rameswar
06
634 65
521 15
1.0 0.1
78.60 1.22
18.13 0.87
0.94 0.36
2.22 1.54
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Andhra Pradesh: Ushnagundam (near
Bhadrachalam area) (13) Karnataka: a)
Bendruteertha (Sulphur Spring and lies 13
km. from Mangalore b) Irde (Located at
Puttur Taluk area, 37 0 C), c) Bandaru (near
Belthangadi Taluk area) (13). Tamil Nadu:
Godavari Valley contains near about 30 hotwater
springs.
a)
MannargudiThiruthuraipundi area of hot-water springs,
b) hot-water Springs along costal tract of
Arantangi (13). Kerala: Varkala (54
km.from Thiruvanthpuram) (13). Andaman
and Nicobar: Various Hot-water Springs
present with high abnormalities in their
temperature range of more than 200 0C
located near active Volcanoes (13).
Mythology of Hot-Springs
In India, Hot-Spring water has been used for
basic survival and medicinal purposes, In
Odisha state; Atri and Taptapani are the two
famous Hot water springs. Taptapani
thermal water is mainly used for treatment
of skin, stomach and Rheumatic disorders.
There are also superstitions in use of thermal
water in Atri that, women take bath in
thermal water on auspicious Mahashivaratri
and Makar Sankranti to heal the impotency
and get divine blessings for motherhood.
(14)
Ten Well Known Hot Springs in India
Vajreshwari (Maharashtra):
Vajreshwari located at the foot of Mandakini
Mountain has several Hot Springs strewn
across Vajreshwari, Akoli, Ganeshpuri and
Satvali. The temperature of the hot springs
here varies from 43 to 49 0C. At the hot
springs in Vajreshwari there is a provision
of hot springs baths in exclusive and closed
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Fig. 13: Location map showing hot springs and observation sites of helium escape from thermal
area with reference to Kolkata to the earth surface. (Inset) Location of Bakreswar Tantloi
Geothermal field.
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Conclusion
The geothermal fields are tectonically
controlled and often found in areas of block
faulting, grabens or rifting, collapsed caldera
structures, with reservoir depth within 1-3
km. (10). As regards to the origin of hot
springs in India, the photograph samples of
Indian Maps as provided i.e., Fig. 2 (9):
Geothermal provinces and regional flow
pattern in India and Fig. 4 (16): Seismic
zoning map of India (on lines of IS : (18931970)) are taken and merged together by
using Adobe Fireworks cs5 version. The
merger indicates that the hot springs are
originated near the high earthquake zones on
faults (Fig. 12 and 13), i.e., (Fig. 2.Encircled zones are marked as Green in
colour and Fig. 4.-Seismic zones are marked
as Red colour).In Shear zones as marked by
I, IV, V , VI , the presence of hot springs
are less in number. However, in the Thrust
zones the presence is moderate, e.g.,
Jwalamukhi Thrust line, Mishmi Thrust line,
Dishang Thrust line (as indicated by Fig. 3.
It also reveals that a very high number of
hot springs are found near to Son Narmada
Tapti Fault line, KMF (Kutch main land
Fault line), MDF (Mahendragarh Deheradun
Fault line ) MSRMF (Munger Saharsadhara
Fault line), Cauvery Fault line, Tamil Nadu,
KGF (Kinnersami Godavari Fault line),
Marginal Fault line in Gujarat, West Coast
Fault line (Maharashtra) (Fig. 3).
After analytical study and perusal reported
as above, it may be concluded that the Hotwater Springs originated due to tectonic
movements or collision of heavy rocks
during the course of Earthquakes. Indian
scientific research scenario based on Hot
water spring microbial diversities, reveals
much interesting data about salient features
of their surveillance and evolutionary
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10. Lakshmanan N. et al. Development of
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Map of
India - A Technical Report of the
working committee experts (WCE)
constituted by the National Disaster
Management
Authority
for
Microzonation
of
the
Indian
Landmass
(vide
No.NDMA/BB/S&T-1/2007) Govt. of
India, New Delhi. 2007.
11. Razdan P. N., Agarwal R. K. & Singh
Rajan.Geothermal Energy Resources
and its Potential in India e-Journal
Earth Science India 2008. I(I) 30-42p.
12. Dornadula
Chandrasekharam,
Mohammad Ayaz Alam & Angelo
Minissale.
Geothermal resource
potential of Himachal Pradesh, India
International Geothermal Conference,
Reykjavk, Session #4. 2003.15-20p.
13. Shanker et al. Geothermal Atlas of
India Special Publication No. 19.
Geological Survey of India 1991.
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