Question

In this tectonic situation seen here, the Pacific plate has been grinding horizontally past the North American plate for over ten million years. We call this the San Andreas fault and it is an example of a __________ fault or boundary.
A) normal
B) reverse
C) transform
D) horst and graben

Answer 1

C) transform

Explanation:

The San Andreas fault is a transform fault margin as a result of the Pacific plate moving horizontally with the North American plate.

There  are different types of plate interactions.

• At a convergent margin, plates comes together.
• At a divergent margin, plates moves away from one another.
• At a transform margin, plates moves past one another horizontally.

The San Andreas is one of those margins in which plates moves past one another horizontally. This is a typical transform margin resulting in series of earthquake activities on the surface.

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