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Geothermal Energy in Lithuania

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Heat flow intensity in West Lithuania was found to be significantly higher (90-100 mW/m2) than the background intensity (40-50 mW/m2) of the region surrounding the geothermal field. From the geological point of view, such a phenomenon is rather rare in the old Precambrian Craton and can be explained only by extraordinary conditions at depth (i.e., thinned crust, occurrence of deep tectonic faults). This is confirmed by deep seismic sounding profiles performed recently that showed the depth to the mantle in West Lithuania is 40 km (background depth in the surrounding area is 44-55 km).

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