GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The San Andreas Fault is part of a transform plate boundary that disrupts the topography of an ancient subduction zone.

Detailed explanation-2: -The San Andreas fault is a transform plate boundary, accomodating horizontal relative motions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The San Andreas Fault is an example of transform boundaries where plate material is neither created nor destroyed. In this case, two plates are moving past one another in opposite directions. This is referred to as transform motion and thus the San Andreas is referred to as a transform fault.

Detailed explanation-4: -A transform fault is a plate boundary along which the relative motion between the two plates is parallel to the strike of the fault and is geometrically the arc of a small circle about the pole of rotation between two plates.

Detailed explanation-5: -Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other. At transform boundaries lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed. Many transform boundaries are found on the sea floor, where they connect segments of diverging mid-ocean ridges. California’s San Andreas fault is a transform boundary.