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What drives the tectonic plates to move? This video lesson talks about the three forces that drive the tectonic plates.I hope this lesson will help specially...
Mini-lecture 10.6 - Ridge push and the drag force, part of the topic Plate-driving forces in the Geodynamics course at the University of Helsinki.Lecture sli...
Ridge-Push Force. Let's cover a final force a subducting plate would experience, the ridge-push force. This force results from the elevation of oceanic ridges above the seafloor. This difference in height leads to pressure that 'pushes' the plate away from the ridge.
Ridge push force influences tectonic plate movement by causing newly formed oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges to slide away due to its elevated position. As magma erupts at these ridges and cools, it creates new crust that is warmer and less dense than the older crust.
Ridge push is a geological force that occurs at the mid-oceanic ridge, where new material rises to the top of the ridge and gravity pulls it down. This force is caused by the elevated topography of the ridge.
11 kwi 2024 · What could make such a massive slab of rock overcome inertia and move though geologic time? Convection in Earth’s mantle is relevant, but probably greater momentum comes from the forces of ridge push and slab pull.
Ridge push (also known as gravitational slides or sliding plate force) is 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.
