English Explanatory Dictionary

ridge push

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges.

Word forms

ridge push
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