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Strike-slip faults indicate rocks are sliding past each other horizontally, with little to no vertical movement. Both the San Andreas and Anatolian Faults are strike-slip.

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What kind of fault is the San Andrease fault?

The San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault, where the movement occurs horizontally along the fault line. It is located in California and is formed by the movement between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.


A place where two plate slip past each other moving in opposite directions is known as?

A place where two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions is known as a transform plate boundary.


Where do strike slip faults occur?

We can find strike slip fault between two tectonic plates. For exemple; San Andreas fault in California is a strike slip fault and represent the limit between America plate and Pacifique plate. These two plates move with an inverse movement(~1 towards the north and ~1 toward the south). But we can also find this kind of fault in other context like in a colision.


The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is?

The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is transform stress. This stress occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, causing displacement along a fault line. Strike-slip faults are often associated with transform plate boundaries, such as the San Andreas Fault in California.


What landform is strike-slip boundary?

A strike-slip fault occurs at a transform boundary. It is created when stress is added to rock, in this case the stress that is on the rock is called shearing. A fault is simply a crack in the Earth's crust, and strike-slip fault is when the two pieces of crust are sliding past one another horizontally. An example of a strike-slip fault is the San Andreas Fault in California.

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At what type of plate boundary are strike-slip faults found near?

A certain type of strike-slip fault is found at a transform plate boundary.


What is the plate movement of the San Andreas fault?

strike-slip


What are the all the boundary?

Convergent plate boundary, divergent plate boundary and strike-slip (transform) plate boundary.


What type of plate boundary are strike slip fault found?

Strike-Slip faults are found at transform boundaries because strike slip faults push and pull on opposing forces HORIZONTALLY exactly like a transform boundary.


What type of plate boundary are strike slip fault found at?

Strike-Slip faults are found at transform boundaries because strike slip faults push and pull on opposing forces HORIZONTALLY exactly like a transform boundary.


What type of rock forms around a transform plate boundaries?

Strike-slip


What are the three types of faults and what type of plate boundary are they associated with?

The three types of faults are normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults. Normal faults are associated with divergent plate boundaries, reverse faults with convergent plate boundaries, and strike-slip faults with transform plate boundaries.


What is the most common type of deformation at transform plate boundary?

Strike-Slip Faulting


What type of plate boundary are strike-slip faults found at?

Strike-slip faults are typically found at transform plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. This movement is characterized by parallel fault lines with little vertical motion.


What does strike slip faults cause?

They can cause earthquakes or plate movements, depends how big it was. -bkinishi@yahoo.com


Explain how tectonic forces created the san Andreas fault zone?

The San Andreas fault is an example of a strike-slip fault. It is located at a transform boundary, and was created when the Pacific plate and North American plate ground past one another horizontally.


What kind of fault is the San Andrease fault?

The San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault, where the movement occurs horizontally along the fault line. It is located in California and is formed by the movement between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.