Table 2 Examples of calculated Curie depth, geothermal gradient, heat flow and radiogenic heat production applying the centroid method.

From: Lithospheric structural dynamics and geothermal modeling of the Western Arabian Shield

Centroid no

X (m)

Y (m)

Zt (km)

Zc (km)

ZB (km)

Geothermal gradient (°C/km)

Heat flow (mW/m2)

Radiogenic heat production (μW/m3)

1

538,024.58

2,467,394.39

− 2.31

− 6.81

− 11.31

51.30

128.25

0.48

5

658,024.58

2,467,394.39

− 2.70

− 8.06

− 13.41

43.23

108.08

0.39

7

718,024.58

2,467,394.39

− 1.53

− 6.88

− 12.22

39.36

98.40

0.34

10

563,587.16

2,497,394.39

− 2.59

− 7.16

− 11.73

49.43

123.58

0.46

13

653,587.16

2,497,394.39

− 2.56

− 7.16

− 11.77

49.27

123.17

0.46

15

713,587.16

2,497,394.39

− 3.26

− 10.03

− 16.80

34.52

86.31

0.28

20

593,587.16

2,527,394.39

− 2.47

− 6.45

− 10.43

55.61

139.02

0.53

24

713,587.16

2,527,394.39

− 2.87

− 8.60

− 14.33

40.47

101.18

0.36

30

623,587.16

2,557,394.39

− 2.76

− 6.99

− 11.21

51.74

129.36

0.49

35

773,587.16

2,557,394.39

− 2.46

− 7.70

− 12.95

44.79

111.97

0.42

40

653,587.16

2,587,394.39

− 2.63

− 6.63

− 10.63

54.56

136.41

0.52

45

533,587.16

2,617,394.39

− 1.43

− 8.60

− 15.76

36.79

91.98

0.31

50

683,587.16

2,617,394.39

− 3.13

− 7.64

− 12.15

47.73

119.32

0.44

55

563,587.16

2,647,394.39

− 2.15

− 9.67

− 17.19

33.72

84.31

0.27

60

713,587.16

2,647,394.39

− 3.14

− 8.60

− 14.06

41.24

103.11

0.37

65

593,587.16

2,677,394.39

− 2.29

− 10.03

− 17.77

32.63

81.59

0.25

70

743,587.16

2,677,394.39

− 3.10

− 8.84

− 14.57

39.80

99.52

0.35

75

623,587.16

2,707,394.39

− 2.48

− 8.12

− 13.76

42.12

105.32

0.38

80

773,587.16

2,707,394.39

− 3.22

− 7.34

− 11.64

50.59

126.74

0.48

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