Transform faults (orange) form because the axis of Alaska seafloor spreading on the surface of a sphere cannot follow a smoothly curving Aleutian Trench line. The motion of two di- verging lithospheric plates (arrows) rotates about an imaginary axis extending through Earth. Queen Charlotte Fault Canada Juan de Fuca- Ridge Cascadian Subduction Zone Mendocino Fracture Zone NORTH AMERICAN PLÄTE San Andreas Fault Gulf of California Mexico PACIFIC PLATE Rivera Fault East Pacific Rise сосos PLATE b A long transform plate boundary, which indludes California's San Andreas Fault. Note the offset plate boundaries caused by divergence on a sphere. California's San Andreas Fault, a transform fault. The fault trace is clearly visible between the arrows in this photograph taken south of San Francisco. The fault takes its name from San Andreas Lake, visible near the center of the photograph. The large landfill is the site of San Francisco International Airport. Figure 3.25 Transform faults. Tom Gar ison Buj weejebebuego O Cengaga Learning
Transform faults (orange) form because the axis of Alaska seafloor spreading on the surface of a sphere cannot follow a smoothly curving Aleutian Trench line. The motion of two di- verging lithospheric plates (arrows) rotates about an imaginary axis extending through Earth. Queen Charlotte Fault Canada Juan de Fuca- Ridge Cascadian Subduction Zone Mendocino Fracture Zone NORTH AMERICAN PLÄTE San Andreas Fault Gulf of California Mexico PACIFIC PLATE Rivera Fault East Pacific Rise сосos PLATE b A long transform plate boundary, which indludes California's San Andreas Fault. Note the offset plate boundaries caused by divergence on a sphere. California's San Andreas Fault, a transform fault. The fault trace is clearly visible between the arrows in this photograph taken south of San Francisco. The fault takes its name from San Andreas Lake, visible near the center of the photograph. The large landfill is the site of San Francisco International Airport. Figure 3.25 Transform faults. Tom Gar ison Buj weejebebuego O Cengaga Learning
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Figure (c) is a bit small, but perhaps you can see the marked difference between the terrain and vegetation on the west (top) side of the San Andreas Fault and the east (bottom) side. Why do you think that difference exists?
Transcribed Image Text:Transform faults (orange)
form because the axis of
Alaska
seafloor spreading on the
surface of a sphere cannot
follow a smoothly curving
Aleutian Trench
line. The motion of two di-
verging lithospheric plates
(arrows) rotates about an
imaginary axis extending
through Earth.
Queen
Charlotte
Fault
Canada
Juan de Fuca-
Ridge
Cascadian
Subduction
Zone
Mendocino
Fracture Zone
NORTH
AMERICAN
PLÄTE
San Andreas
Fault
Gulf of
California
Mexico
PACIFIC
PLATE
Rivera Fault
East
Pacific
Rise
сосos
PLATE
b A long transform plate boundary, which indludes
California's San Andreas Fault. Note the offset
plate boundaries caused by divergence on a
sphere.
California's San Andreas Fault, a transform fault. The fault trace is clearly
visible between the arrows in this photograph taken south of San Francisco.
The fault takes its name from San Andreas Lake, visible near the center of the
photograph. The large landfill is the site of San Francisco International Airport.
Figure 3.25 Transform faults.
Tom Gar ison
Buj weejebebuego
O Cengaga Learning
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