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Do you have a source for that increase? I was not able to find it. Seems very suspect considering that the earths outer crust is approximately 20 to 30 miles th
by Melatonic 5y ago
Do you have a source for that increase? I was not able to find it. Seems very suspect considering that the earths outer crust is approximately 20 to 30 miles thick. Are you suggesting that if we go approximately halfway through the outer crust, say 15 miles, the temperature is going to be 725 degrees warmer than surface temp?
- count 5y agohttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/crust/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/crust/ Not sure about the rate per-mile, but literally it's that hot, yes, but not even 15 miles. Just down 5-7km under the oceans, for example at the Mohorovičić discontinuity the temp ranges from 392 to 752F.
- Melatonic 5y agoUnder the ocean is already much, MUCH closer however to the mantle. Oceanic crust is drastically thinner than the land we walk on. In the Nat Geo article they quote a mine in South Africa reaching up to 55C (131 F) at the bottom and the mine is 4km deep. At a rate 3 degrees Celsius per 100m it should be 120 degrees Celsius over ambient. Which obviously does not add up.
- m4rtink 5y agoThey reached 160C rock when building an industrial railway in Japan: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurobe_Seny%C5%8D_Railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurobe_Seny%C5%8D_Railway Cooled down to 40C since the 60s.
- wcoenen 5y agoPage 62 of https://archive.ipcc.ch/pdf/supporting-material/proc-renewables-lubeck.pdf https://archive.ipcc.ch/pdf/supporting-material/proc-renewab... > The heat is transferred from the interior towards the surface mostly by conduction, and this conductive heat flow makes temperature rise with increasing depth in the crust on average 25-30°C/km