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The 12 pages that link to Geothermal gradient, each with the reason it gives.

• LithosphereRelated: Temperature helps control the depth and strength of the lithosphere.

• Geothermal energyRelated: The gradient helps estimate how deep drilling must reach usable temperatures.

• Mantle convectionRelated: Convection is the mechanism that transports this heat outward far faster than conduction could.

• AsthenosphereRelated: Depth-dependent temperature is why rock turns weak below the rigid lithosphere.

• Hydrothermal mineral depositRelated: It helps determine where circulating fluids become hot enough to drive mineral reactions.

• Hot springRelated: It helps determine how deeply water must circulate to become heated.

• Arthur HolmesRelated: Earth’s internal temperature structure supplies the heat gradient needed for convection.

• ThermochronologyRelated: A reconstructed temperature history can be translated into burial depth only with a thermal gradient model.

• Enhanced geothermal systemRelated: It helps determine the depth required to reach rock hot enough for useful extraction.

• Geothermal powerRelated: It helps determine the depth and drilling cost needed to reach useful heat.

• Brittle–ductile transition zoneRelated: It determines how quickly rocks reach temperatures that permit ductile deformation.

• Earth's internal heat budgetRelated: Temperature gradients help explain how heat moves through the crust.