Transform Plate Boundaries

Earlier, We discussed about Convergent Boundaries as you can see, they have three different types that happens during Convergent. These types are Oceanic-Continental Convergence, Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence, Continental-Continental Convergence.

Now, Let's move on and know more about the Transform Boundaries. We'll show you some images...

What is Transform Plate Boundaries?

• Transform boundary is also known as conservative boundary.

• Where two of the tectonic plates slide alongside each other and when this happens, the scraping of the two plates causes earthquakes.

• One of the primary landforms that is produced by a transform boundary is a fault. Typically these faults produce what is known as "strike-slip faults."

• Strike-slip faults are vertical (or nearly vertical) fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally. If the block opposite an observer looking across the fault moves to the right, the slip style is termed right lateral; if the block moves to the left, the motion is termed left lateral.

• A well-known example of a transform plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California.

And this is the picture of San Andreas Fault

In 1906, a huge earthquake hit San Francisco due to the nearby transform boundary. A lot of buildings were destroyed by the earthquake itself, but those that survived didn't last long in the widespread fires that followed. At least 600 people died in the earthquake and aftermath.

this is the picture of San francisco earthquake 1906

• Transform boundaries are one of three different ways the plates interact with each other, known as plate boundaries or zones. And while they move differently than convergent (plates colliding) or divergent (plates splitting apart) boundaries, they are almost always connected to one or the other.

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References:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/plate-tectonics/

http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2006/11/elkhorn-scarp-along-san-andreas-fault.html

https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/sf

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/218424650647324400/