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Geophysics

plate-driving force produced as elevated young oceanic lithosphere slides gravitationally away from a spreading ridge, weighed against slab pull and drag forces.

In geophysics, ridge push refers to plate-driving force produced as elevated young oceanic lithosphere slides gravitationally away from a spreading ridge, weighed against slab pull and drag forces. This meaning comes from Forsyth (1975) in Geophysical Journal International.[1]

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References

Forsyth, D., & Uyeda, S. (1975). On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion. Geophysical Journal International, 43(1), 163-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.1975.tb00631.x

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