Assertion: ridge push | /r/HasProperty | significant driving force
Facets:
value: in existing plates
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Research by Rezene Mahatsente indicates that the driving stresses caused by ridge push would be dissipated by faulting and earthquakes in plate material containing large quantities of unbound water, but they conclude that ridge push is still a significant driving force in existing plates because of the rarity of intraplate earthquakes in the ocean.