"ridge push" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ridge push (uncountable)
  1. (geodynamics, tectonics) 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. Tags: uncountable
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