EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The zone between two plates sliding horizontally past one another is called a transform-fault boundary, or simply a transform boundary. The concept of transform faults originated with Canadian geophysicist J.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two plates sliding past each other forms a transform plate boundary. One of the most famous transform plate boundaries occurs at the San Andreas fault zone, which extends underwater. Natural or human-made structures that cross a transform boundary are offset-split into pieces and carried in opposite directions.

Detailed explanation-3: -A transform boundary causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another. This motion does not create or destroy crust and will cause earthquakes, but no volcanoes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Transform boundaries occur on the north and south sides of the Caribbean Plate. The motion on the north is not pure transform; there is some convergence that contributes to uplift of the topography.