geothermal gradient
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of geothermal gradient
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The rock surrounding the plume is exposed to higher temperatures, the geothermal gradient crosses to the right of the green solidus line, and the rock begins to melt.
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Partial melting occurs when the geothermal gradient line crosses the solidus line.
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The remaining three graphs illustrate rock behavior relative to shifts in the geothermal gradient or solidus lines.
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In the other three situations, rock at a lettered location with a temperature at the geothermal gradient is moved to a new P-T situation on the diagram.
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Both these methods depend on how fast the earth is losing heat, that is on the geothermal gradient.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
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