Describe slab pull and ridge push. Which of these forces appears to contribute more to plate motion?
What will be an ideal response?
Slab pull is subduction of cold, dense slabs of oceanic lithosphere acting as the driving force of plate motion. Ridge push is a gravity-driven mechanism resulting from the elevated position of the oceanic ridge, causing slabs of lithosphere to "slide" down the flanks of the ridge.
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