Assertion: continent | /r/CapableOf | plow through oceanic crust
Facets:
value: like icebreakers
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Alfred Wegener, being a meteorologist, had proposed tidal forces and centrifugal forces as the main driving mechanisms behind continental drift; however, these forces were considered far too small to cause continental motion as the concept was of continents plowing through oceanic crust.
text: For instance, Wegener thought the continents might have plowed through the ocean crust like icebreakers smashing through ice.