The Geothermal Field of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure

在ICDP切萨皮克湾冲击构造（CBIS）项目的目标框架内，我们希望调查该冲击构造中心部分的当前地热和水力状况。为了实现这一目标，我们将与莫斯科、布拉格的合作伙伴和美国地质勘探局的同事合作，确定CBIS地区的当地垂直和横向区域热流变化。该调查结果将有助于对该区地下水淡水资源受到CB冲击盐水威胁的水文地质研究。我们项目的另一个目标是将瞬态热信号解释的通用模型的可变性扩展到时变边界条件，因为它们存在于例如由自流水流出引起的钻孔中。

Within the frame of the aims of the ICDP Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure (CBIS) Project, we want to investigate the present geothermal and hydraulic regime of the central part of this impact structure. To reach this aim we will determine local vertical and lateral regional heat flow variations in the CBIS area in cooperation with our partners in Moscow, Prague and colleagues from USGS. The results of this investigation will contribute to the hydrogeological research with respect to the threatening of the fresh groundwater resources of the region by the CB impact brines. Another aim of our project is to extend the variability of common models for the interpretation of transient thermal signals to time-varying boundary conditions, as they exist in boreholes caused e.g. by artesian outflow of water.