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Hot springs are a remarkable natural resource. For thousands of years they have played a significant role in a wide range of areas related to human society, including culture, history, religion, and most specifically, human health, wellbeing and recreation.
Everywhere in many lands gush forth beneficent waters, here cold, there hot, there both … in some places tepid and lukewarm, promising relief to the sick …
Pliny, the Elder, c.77 AD
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Appendix 1.1 Various Mud Pots
1, 2—Bubbling mud pools in Rotorua, New Zealand (left) and Japan (Beppu); 3, 4—Boiling mud pots in Iceland (Námafjall) and in Japan (Beppu); 5, 6—Furna do Enxofre, Graciosa, Azores and Mt Garandake, Kyushu, Japan; 7, 8—Dried mud pools in the Caldeira Velha, São Miguel, Azores and Krýsuvík, Iceland
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Erfurt, P. (2021). Hot Springs: A General Perspective. In: The Geoheritage of Hot Springs. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60463-9_1
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