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Transversions occur on the transform fault lines between two plates. The motion of transversions is a sliding motion where both the plates are either dextral or sinistral. Dextral is when the plate block farthest from the observer is sliding to the right and sinistral is when the block farthest from the observer is sliding to the left. In this grinding process, the plates are neither constructive or destructive like in converging and diverging plates. Neither plate subducts in a transversion. They merely slide past each other.

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