Abstract:Linyi city is located in the south of Luxi uplift with abundant geothermal resources. In this paper, the strata, magmatic rocks and structures, geothermal background and main thermal controlling faults, present situation and distribution of more than 20 hot springs (wells) in Linyi city have been introduced. Through analysis on heat control fracture and thermal mechanism of main hot springs (wells) , such as Tangtou hot springs, Baita geothermal well, Tangfangya geothermal well, Tongjing geothermal well, Songshan geothermal well, Xincun geothermal well and Xigaodu geothermal well, it is regarded that geothermal in this area mainly distributes at the junction of Yishu fault zone and the deep faults with the trend of NW. Groundwater recharge is mostly along the the fault with the trend of NW—SE, and the heat source communicates deep heat source and water temperature with deep fault. The geothermal wells with good water quantity are located in the west of Yishui-Tangtou fault in Yishu fault zone, and the controlled thermal faults are tensional or tensional fault sag. On the basis of analyzing the characteristics of regional geological structures in Linyi city, it is regarded that the deep intersection part of Mengshan fault and Tangwu-Gegou fault, and the intersection part of Nishan fault and Yicheng fault and Tangwu-Gegou fault are target areas for geothermic exploration.