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when two plates are slide past one another an example is the san Andreas fault California which is the boundary between the north America and pacific plates
The name of the transform boundary that separates the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate is known as the San Andreas Fault. It is the site of many of the earthquakes that plague Southern California.
Transform boundaries occur where tectonic plates slide by each other. A famous transform boundary is located in California at the San Andreas Fault.
That is a Strike-slip fault. This type of plate boundary is a relatively conservative boundary because the plates moves side by side horizontally causing little or no destruction of old plates or creation of new plates, but only causes a kind of boundary known as a Transform Boundary. An example of a transform boundary is the San Andreas fault, in California, USA North America.
I believe it is called a fault, like the San Andreas fault in California.
A transform boundary.
The two plates are the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate are the plates causing the San Andreas Fault.
San Andreas Fault.
In plate tectonics, a sliding boundary is considered a transform fault where the two merging plates slide past each other in the opposite direction. A great example of a transform fault would be in California along the San Andreas fault line.
Transform Plate Boundary: The area where two plates are grinding past each other, snapping into place from elastic rebound as they go, causing numerous earthquakes. The San Andreas Fault is an example of a transform plate boundary between the North American and Pacific plates.
Strike Slip/Transform. Like the San Andreas Fault in California.
It is the boundary between the North American and Pacific lithospheric plates.