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The base of the Northern Bohemian region is made up of the kratogen (old block) of the ?Bohemian Massif? that belongs to the so-called Hercynian (Variscan) province. Its development was tectonically terminated by hercynian orogenesis, which means by orogeny in the Palaeozoic Era (Carbon). Such regions are not very promising for the occurrence of geothermal energy, unlike geologically younger areas. But the heat flow is significant in some parts and consequently the area is called the ?Czech geothermal heat flow an...

The contribution is focused on a research of thermal and mineral water resources in areas located in the norther Bohemia regions. The main monitoring parameter is their heat potential. Other goal of the paper is to suggest a use of that thermal potential as an alternative energy source in selected areas. The Czech Republic does not have such geothermal potential in comparison with other geothermal superpowers such as Iceland, New Zealand, the USA or Philippines, but the northern Bohemia region has the highest heat...