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Which two plates are moving past each other to form the San Andreas Fault?
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The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that runs a length of roughly 810 miles. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
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Why are the pacific plates and the antarctic plates moving away from each other?
Because over time plate tectonics move apart. they either move apart, collide, or slide against each other. it's like the San Andreas fault those plates are moving away from each other.
How does the San Andreas fault work to cause earthquakes?
Poo. :) Joking, just google it, Yahoo Answers has good answers about it Example: San Andreas is a transform fault with two plates sliding past each other. There is also a large bend in the fault (around the LA area). Basically, since these are large rocky plates and not water or something else slippery, they get stuck and tension builds up. When that tension is released as the plates slip, you get an earthquake. The bend makes it more difficult for the plates to slide past each other, which creates more tension, which is why there is such potential for the "big one."
When two plates grind side to side past each other what plate boundary is formed?
Strike Slip/Transform. Like the San Andreas Fault in California.
Why do earthquakes happen near fault lines?
because the tectonic plates are moving beneth the earths crust, colliding with each other. if someone live along one of these fault lines between the plates they would experience a large earthquake.
What happens when plates on earth crust push together or scrape past each other?
They lodge together pressure builds up and overcomes the friction the plates jolt past each other and make earthquakes this also creates ridges in the land eg san andreas fault
Why is California's San Andreas Fault a strike-slip fault?
What you are referring to is a plate boundary. A plate boundary is an area where two tectonic plates are either moving away, moving towards, or moving along each other. San Andreas fault is a plate boundary because the fault is located over two tectonic plates that are moving along each other.
Why are the pacific plates and the antarctic plates moving away from each other?
Because over time plate tectonics move apart. they either move apart, collide, or slide against each other. it's like the San Andreas fault those plates are moving away from each other.
How are plates moving at a sliding boundary?
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.
San Andreas fault is an example of what?
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a transform boundary in which plates slide past each other. This type of fault may also be known as a strike slip fault. During this plate motion, lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed. Shear stress causes the undeformed block of rock to experience tearing and smearing.The San Andreas fault is actually a "Strike-Slip" fault, which means that the movement of the plates is a side-to-side movement past each other. The Pacific plate, relatively speaking, is moving north and the North American plate is moving south. This means that the very western coast of California is sliding north past the rest of California. The San Andreas fault is a strike-slip fault
What is happening to the earths plates at the san Andreas fault?
The San Andreas fault lies along a transform fault line where two of the Earth's plates are sliding past each other. At San Andreas, the Pacific Plate (to the west) slides past the North American Plate (to the east).
What is the relative movement along the San Andreas Fault?
The San Andreas Fault is a transform fault (also known as a strike-flip fault). It is where two plates are sliding past each other in opposite directions.
Which plates are sliding past each other along San Andreas Fault?
Penis :D
What is the plate boundary where plates are moving towards each other?
A fault.
What is the name of the fault that is moving away from each other?
The Plates are Divergent.
What is a slip in geology?
A type of fault caused by two plates slidding along each other, like the San Andreas fault.
What kind of fault is probably most common in the northern San Andreas fault system and why?
The san Andreas fault is a transform boundary between two plates. The resultant fault of a transform boundary is a strike-slip fault. The North American plate and the Pacific plate are both moving vertically in different directions.
The San Andreas Fault in California is what type of fault?
The San Andreas Fault in California is a transform fault. In a transform fault, two lithospheric plates are grinding alongside each other in different directions. Friction between the plates causes points along the fault to get 'hung up'. When the friction between the plates exceeds the maximum elasticity of the rock, the tension is released, the plates snap into their new positions, and an earthquake occurs.
