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geothermal gradient

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geothermal gradient [¦jē·ō¦thər·məl ′grād·ē·ənt]
(geophysics)
The change in temperature with depth of the earth.


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A 2005 work program costing in excess of US$800,000 was carried out and included a detailed E-Scan Survey, a gravity survey, and the drilling of four geothermal gradient wells.
Through the combination of the DTS data and geothermal gradient, a deep insight into the well behavior is generated, which allows operators to analyze the flow volume and changes per section.
Two (2) of these diopside grains gave geothermic calculations results showing that the chemical equilibrium into the diamond field for an undisturbed geothermal gradient with surface heat-flux values of 40 mW/m2, indicating a diamond-bearing kimberlitic source.
 
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