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Water budget of Lake Ashinoko, the origin of Hakone thermal waters

open access: yesJournal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2020
Study region: Lake Ashinoko in the Hakone caldera is located about 100 km southwest of Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Hakone is a world-famous resort that more than 20 million tourists visit every year to enjoy various kinds of hot springs and spectacular ...
Kazuhiro Itadera, Akio Yoshida
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Carbonate ion-enriched hot spring water promotes skin wound healing in nude rats. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Hot spring or hot spa bathing (Onsen) is a traditional therapy for the treatment of certain ailments. There is a common belief that hot spring bathing has therapeutic effects for wound healing, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear.
Jingyan Liang   +5 more
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Comparative analysis of bacterial diversity in two hot springs in Hefei, China

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Hot springs are extreme ecological environments of microbes. The study is the first comparative analysis of bacterial diversity of Tangchi and Bantang hot spring water samples collected in Hefei, China, which is conducive to the further development and ...
Feng-Qin Zhang, Jun Liu, Xiao-Ju Chen
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Factors contributing to tourism demand at major Japanese hot springs.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Hot springs are a major tourism resource in nature-based tourism, and the hot springs market is one of the biggest sectors in wellness tourism markets. In the present study, we examine factors contributing to tourism demand for major hot spring resorts ...
Nagi Medai   +3 more
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Hot spring bathing is associated with a lower prevalence of hypertension among Japanese older adults: a cross-sectional study in Beppu

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Hot spring bathing is practiced to help manage various diseases, including hypertension. We investigated the preventive effects on hypertension of hot spring bathing among older adults in a data analysis using responses to a previous questionnaire with ...
Satoshi Yamasaki   +3 more
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Geothermal electricity generator using thermoelectric module for IoT monitoring

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2022
We propose a power generation system for IoT monitoring, using thermoelectric generator (TEG) modules and geothermal heat sources. Moreover, optimal conditions to operate the system for a hot spring in Thailand were investigated as a case study, i.e ...
Yuttana Mona   +4 more
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Deep groundwater discharge after the 2011 Mw 6.6 Iwaki earthquake, Japan

open access: yesEarth, Planets and Space, 2020
Hot spring discharge was linked to the 2011 Mw 6.6 Iwaki earthquake. Periodic surveys revealed that the discharge continued for more than 7 years, which is a rare and valuable long-term record of hot spring discharge triggered by an earthquake in a non ...
Tsutomu Sato   +3 more
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Hydrogeochemical characteristics and genesis of Hongshuilantang Hot Spring and its water temperature anomalies during the Rushan earthquake swarm in Eastern China

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2023
Water temperatures of hot springs close to tectonic fault zones often show some variations before earthquakes, and analyses of earthquake precursors in hot springs have significant referential meaning for earthquake monitoring and forecasting. This study
Guilin Du   +6 more
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Geochemical studies at four northern Nevada hot spring areas. [Kyle Hot Springs, Leach Hot Springs, Buffalo Hot Springs, and Beowave Hot Springs] [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
Water samples from both hot and cold sources in the hydrologic areas surrounding the hot springs were collected and analyzed. Analyses of major, trace, and radio-element abundances of the water samples and of associated rock samples are presented. From this study it is possible that trace- and major-element abundances and/or ratios may be discerned ...
Wollenberg, H., Bowman, H., Asaro, F.
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