The Geothermal Field of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure

在ICDP切萨皮克湾撞击结构（CBIS）项目的目标框架内，我们的主要目标是对该撞击结构中心部分的当前地热和水力状况进行调查。为了实现这一目标，我们将与柏林、莫斯科、布拉格的合作伙伴以及美国地质调查局的同事合作，确定CBIS区域横向和垂直方向的局部和区域热流变化。本次调查的结果将有助于水文地质研究有关的CB影响卤水的威胁，该地区的淡水地下水资源。我们的项目的另一个目的是调查的可能性，以延长瞬态热信号的解释模型的可变性，在钻孔中引起的，例如，由自流流出的水。

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