Transform boundary (also known as transform fault boundary, transform plate boundary, transform plate margin, strike-slip boundary, sliding boundary, or conservative plate boundary)
A transform boundary occur when tectonic plates slide and grind against each other along a fault. The plate motion of is horizontal.
Since the plates on either side of a transform boundary are merely sliding past each other and not tearing or crunching each other, transform boundaries has no spectacular features. Lots of earthquakes are generated at transform boundaries.
Most transform boundaries are found on the ocean floor. However, the most famous transform boundaries are found on land. Many transform boundaries are locked in tension before suddenly releasing, and causing earthquakes.
In a transform boundary, neither plate is added to at the boundary, nor destroyed.
Examples of transform boundary/margins include:
1. The San Andreas Fault in California, where the Pacific Plate meets the North American Plate and they grind past each other
2. The Alpine Fault in New Zealand It forms a transform boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.
3. the northern of the Caribbean Plate and the Southern edge of the North American Plate.
A transform boundary occur when tectonic plates slide and grind against each other along a fault. The plate motion of is horizontal.
Since the plates on either side of a transform boundary are merely sliding past each other and not tearing or crunching each other, transform boundaries has no spectacular features. Lots of earthquakes are generated at transform boundaries.
Most transform boundaries are found on the ocean floor. However, the most famous transform boundaries are found on land. Many transform boundaries are locked in tension before suddenly releasing, and causing earthquakes.
In a transform boundary, neither plate is added to at the boundary, nor destroyed.
Examples of transform boundary/margins include:
1. The San Andreas Fault in California, where the Pacific Plate meets the North American Plate and they grind past each other
2. The Alpine Fault in New Zealand It forms a transform boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.
3. the northern of the Caribbean Plate and the Southern edge of the North American Plate.