Is the san andreas fault a volcano or a transform fault?

Answer 1

San Andreas, California is actually a bit EAST of Stockton, California.

By accessing the "Fault Map" link provided below, you can readily see that the fault zone is actually WEST of San Francisco at that latitude.

By accessing the "Field Guide" link, you can see a VERY GOOD photo of the fault, shot from the air. Go a little further on that link to see some VERY IMPRESSIVE photos of California's biggest fault. (800+ miles in length!)

Answer 2

It depends what you mean by the term "hot spot". In the true geological sense, a hot spot is a point in the crust where up-welling mantle material causes volcanism at the Earth's surface. Therefore the San Andreas fault is not a true hot spot in geological terms.

However the term hotspot may also be used in an informal sense to describe a concentration of an activity or occurrence at a point or area. The San Andreas fault is the cause and focus of significant seismic activity in California in the USA and as such, may be informally described as a "hot spot for seismic activity or earthquakes".

Answer 3

No, but an example of a transform fault, found at conservative boundary of tectonic plates. Its a kind of breakage or line formed where two tectonic plates are moving side by side, horizontally to each other. Nevertheless most of the tectonic plates boundaries are earthquake occurs zones.

Answer 4

strike-slip

transform

divergent

convergent

Answer 5

Yes. Because it's a transform fault boundary (meaning that the plates sort of "grind" or "slide" past one another) it causes earthquakes to occur.

Answer 6

transform boundries [plates sliding past one another

the plates hiting each other

Answer 7

It is a transform fault.

Answer 8

Yes, San Andreas has earthquakes.