Assertion: ridge push | /r/CapableOf | raise oceanic lithosphere
Facets:
value: around mid-ocean ridges
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Ridge push is the result of gravitational forces acting on the young, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges, causing it to slide down the similarly raised but weaker asthenosphere and push on lithospheric material farther from the ridges.