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Definitions for "Transform boundary"
Keywords:  andreas, tectonic, slide, boundary, fault
Related Terms: Divergent boundary, Divergent plate boundary, Convergent boundary, Convergent plate boundary, Plate boundary, Subduction zone, Transform fault, Subduction, Rifting, Benioff zone, Passive margin, Triple junction, Tectonic plate, Tectonic plates, Rift, Spreading center, Relief, Seafloor spreading, Suture, Plate, Rift valley, Plate tectonics, Moho , Mid-ocean ridge, Continental drift, Horst, Graben, Mohorovicic discontinuity, Plates, Terrain , Topography, Topographic survey, National geodetic vertical datum of 1929, Uplift, Orogeny, Oceanic trench, Hypsometry, Oceanic ridge, Island arc, Vertical datum, Topographical map, Bathymetric map, Lineament, Massif, Hypsography, Rift zone, Topographic, Coastline, Sea-floor spreading
A boundary between plates where the relative motion is horizontal. The San Andreas fault is a transform boundary between the North America plate and the Pacific plate. The Blanco fracture zone ( Figure 12 ) is a transform boundary between the Juan de Fuca and the Pacific plates.
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A plate boundary where the plates slip past eachother as a the San Andreas Fault in California.
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a boundary between two crustal plates formed as they slide past one another in opposite directions without converging (see Convergence) or diverging (see Divergence).
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