Transform boundary
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In plate tectonics, a transform boundary (also known as transform fault boundary, transform plate boundary, transform plate margin, strike-slip boundary, sliding boundary, transverse boundary, or conservative plate boundary) is said to occur when tectonic plates slide and grind against each other along a transform fault. The relative motion of such plates is horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction. Many transform boundaries are locked in tension before suddenly releasing, and causing earthquakes.
Most transform boundaries are found on the ocean floor, where they often offset active spreading ridges to form a zigzag plate boundary. However, the most famous transform boundaries are found on land. The most well known transform boundary in the world is the San Andreas fault. Scientists predict that in about ten million years, Los Angeles and San Francisco will be side by side.[1]
[edit] Transform boundaries
- California's San Andreas Fault
- New Zealand's Alpine Fault
- Turkey's North Anatolian Fault
- Indonesia's Great Sumatran fault
- Middle East's Dead Sea transform fault
- Pakistan's Chaman Fault
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[edit] References
- ^ Jacobson, C. Fascinated by rocks. 2001. Iowa State University.
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