"explicitly linked to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to emphasize a connection between two ideas. For example, "The statement is explicitly linked to the earlier remarks that were made."
But the Syria conflict is the first war that scientists have explicitly linked to climate change.
Even if they don't give money, the royals can and should be explicitly linked to fundraising appeals.
Not only was religion here served much less raw, in other words, but it was explicitly linked to secular power.
The time-path of debt repayment could be explicitly linked to the timing of the economic recovery.
The euro zone has more to worry about, for many of its pay deals are explicitly linked to prices.
The brand of democratic socialism preached by Sanders is explicitly linked to the American legacy of Roosevelt.
In several areas the provision of funding is explicitly linked to agreeing to sharing of information, or intelligence, with agencies including law enforcement.
The United States government is rolling out a modest $11.4 million program to help people with disabilities in Vietnam, but it is not explicitly linked to Agent Orange.
The contracts were denominated in euros, so the steam vacuum cleaners have become more expensive in terms of Asian currencies, almost all of which are informally or explicitly linked to the dollar.
Britain also wants loopholes closed on oil sanctions, though officials would not say whether the new measures would target the National Iranian Oil Company, which Washington last month explicitly linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.
Credit card rates are not usually explicitly linked to the base rate – although in 2013 Halifax told customers that it would raise the rates on its plastic in line with any increase by the Bank.
