All said and done, it's a "hot bed" for hot water. Meanwhile the Chinshan and Kanchiao faults provide the needed fissures, and the water is under great pressure. It escapes at hot springs along fault lines or where the geological structure is weak.
同時，這裡有二條主要的金山斷層和崁腳斷層，熱水受到壓力，便沿著斷層的裂隙或脆弱面上湧，最後沖出地表形成溫泉露頭。