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alternate case: ridge push

Inversion (geology) (619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

breakup unconformities caused by the transition from rift-phase tension to ridge push compression. Local inversion in strike-slip rhombohedral pull-aparts as

Gorda Ridge (922 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

each section has its own spreading rate, caused by the slab-pull and ridge-push of the surrounding tectonic plates. The northern segment is the narrowest

Earth's crust (1,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

underlying mantle yields basaltic magmas and new ocean crust forms. This "ridge push" is one of the driving forces of plate tectonics, and it is constantly

Grenville orogeny (2,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

oceanic plate was taking place. Slab pull and far-field drivers such as ridge push were aiding in closing the distance between the island arc and the continent

Sedimentary basin (4,615 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

such as rifting (which is associated with divergent plate boundaries) or ridge-push or trench-pull (associated with convergent boundaries), the effect is

Carolina terrane (1,466 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Carolina-Avalonia-Gander terranes and Gondwana. The combination of slab rollback and ridge-push moved the Carolina-Avalonia-Gander terranes north across the Iapetus Ocean

Ultra-high-pressure metamorphism (3,643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

positive buoyancy of the continental slab—in opposition principally to ridge push—can then drive exhumation of the subducting crust at a rate and mode determined

Dharwar Craton (3,536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the melting of the thickened oceanic arc crust. In 3350 Ma, due to the ridge push from the oceanic spreading centres (mid-oceanic ridges), some oceanic

Seismic anisotropy (5,684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by mantle convection or from above by the plates, i.e. slab pull and ridge push. The favored methods for detecting seismic anisotropy are shear wave splitting

Tectonics on icy moons (2,366 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

subducting plate provides the spreading force for mid-ocean ridges. “Ridge push” is comparatively weak in Earth's plate tectonics. Extensional features

Magmatism along strike-slip faults (4,846 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

driven by Harry Hess’s sea floor spreading model subduction slab-pull and ridge-push mechanism, however some areas of the ridge will spread at different rates