![]() ![]() *”Physical Geology” by Steven Earle used under a CC-BY 4.0 international license. west coast (Steven Earle, “Physical Geology”).Īs we will see in the next section, earthquakes are common along transform faults, as the two plates slide past each other. For example, the Queen Charlotte Fault connects the north end of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, starting at the north end of Vancouver Island, to the Aleutian subduction zone.įigure 4.7.1 Transform faults along the U.S. Transform faults do not just connect divergent boundaries. The part of California west of the San Andreas Fault and all of Baja California are on the Pacific Plate. An example is the San Andreas Fault, which connects the southern end of the Juan de Fuca Ridge with the northern end of the East Pacific Rise (ridge) in the Gulf of California (Figure 4.7.1). Divergent Plate Boundaries Plates move apart at mid-ocean ridges where new seafloor forms. ![]() The type of plate boundary and the type of crust found on each side of the boundary determines what sort of geologic activity will be found there. Some transform faults connect continental parts of plates. Transform plate boundaries: the two plates slip past each other. As explained in section 4.5, most transform faults connect segments of mid-ocean ridges and are thus ocean-ocean plate boundaries. Transform boundaries exist where one plate slides past another without production or destruction of crustal material. Characteristics of Transform Plate Boundaries. ![]() Modified from "Physical Geology" by Steven Earle* You have already learned that transform plate boundaries are places where two plates are sliding past each other. ![]()
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