Plate Tectonics
Transform Fault Boundaries
Transform Fault Boundaries
Definition: Margins where 2 plates grind past each other without producing new lithosphere or destroying lithosphere
Motion of Transform Fault Boundaries
Plates move past each other
Mid-Ocean Transform Fault Boundaries
These are the most common.
San Andreas Fault of California
Unusual because it cuts through continental crust.
Pacific plate moves NW past North American Plate
Area of California west of the fault will eventually become an island that will migrate upward.