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The San Andreas foult.
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The San Andreas Fault in California is a famous example of a transform fault boundary. This fault is where the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate slide past each other horizontally, causing frequent earthquakes in the region.
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What plate boundary that occurs when two plates slide past one another?
This is known as a transform boundary or a strike-slip fault; the U.S. famous one being the San Andreas Fault.
One of the most famous examples of this boundary is the San Andreas fault in California?
transform fault
Is a transform fault boundary?
A transform fault boundary is a conservative plate boundary. This is what gets rid of lithosphere.
Where are transform boundary found?
Transform boundaries occur where tectonic plates slide by each other. A famous transform boundary is located in California at the San Andreas Fault.
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the San Andreas Fault?
It is on a transform fault boundary.
What type boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
It is a right-lateral strike-slip fault
Is a strike-slip fault a transform boundary?
YES. A Strike-slip fault is usually a transform boundary.
What fault occur at transform boundary?
A strike-slip or transform fault.
What type of plate boundary is San Francisco on?
conservative. but sanfrancisco is actually on a transform fault not a boundary. the fault is a result of the boundary between the north American and pacific plates.
What type of plate boundary forms where two plates slide past one another?
That is called a boundary or a transform-fault boundary. :D
What is a transform fault boundary?
a transform boundary is when two plates scrape past each other with an effect of a earthquake
Tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?
Transform boundary
