EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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Question
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This type of plate boundary is when two plates slide past each other.
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covergent
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divergent
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transform
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subductive
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When oceanic or continental plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or move in the same direction but at different speeds, a transform fault boundary is formed.
Detailed explanation-2: -The transform plate boundary is a broad zone forming as the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate. It includes many lesser faults in addition to the San Andreas Fault.
Detailed explanation-3: -Transform faults are one of the three major types of plate boundaries and can be divided into two groups: continental and oceanic transform faults.
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