Hot spring
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| - | The term '''spa''' is associated with water treatment which is also known as [[balneotherapy]]. [[Spa town]]s or [[spa resort]]s (including [[hot spring]]s resorts) typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan. [[Day spa]]s are also quite popular, and offer various personal care treatments. | ||
| + | A '''hot spring''', '''hydrothermal spring''', or '''geothermal spring''' is a [[Spring (hydrology)|spring]] produced by the emergence of [[Geothermal (geology)|geothermally heated]] [[groundwater]] onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of [[magma]] (molten rock) or by circulation through [[fault (geology)|faults]] to hot rock deep in the [[Earth's crust]]. In either case, the ultimate source of the heat is [[radioactive decay]] of naturally occurring radioactive elements in the [[Earth's mantle]], the layer beneath the | ||
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| - | *[[Water cure (therapy)]] | + | * [[Hotspot (geology)]] |
| + | * [[Hydrothermal vents]] | ||
| + | * [[Earliest known life forms]] | ||
| * [[List of spa towns]] | * [[List of spa towns]] | ||
| - | * [[Massage]] | + | * [[Mineral spring]] |
| - | * [[Peloid]]s | + | * [[Valley of the Geysers]] |
| - | * [[Spa, Belgium]], a municipality of Belgium | + | |
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A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circulation through faults to hot rock deep in the Earth's crust. In either case, the ultimate source of the heat is radioactive decay of naturally occurring radioactive elements in the Earth's mantle, the layer beneath the
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- Hotspot (geology)
- Hydrothermal vents
- Earliest known life forms
- List of spa towns
- Mineral spring
- Valley of the Geysers
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