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▸ noun: (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.
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▸ noun: (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.
Similar:
mid-ocean ridge,
slab pull,
seafloor spreading,
mid-oceanic ridge,
continental drift,
upthrust,
tectonic plate,
postglacial rebound,
ridge,
tectonic uplift,
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