Figure 4.24 Transform faults and fracture zones along an oceanic ridge. Transform faults are fractures along which lithospheric plates slide horizontally past one Plate boundary Oceanic ridge another. Transform faults are Adjacent sections here move in same Sections here Adjacent sections here move in same the active part of fracture zones. For a review of this move in opposite direction directions direction process in larger scale, please see Figure 3.25. Fracture Transform fault Fracture (active part of fracture zone) zone zone (inactive) (inactive) Lithosphere Asthenosphere 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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How is California’s famous San Andreas Fault related to transform faults and
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Figure 4.24 Transform faults
and fracture zones along
an oceanic ridge. Transform
faults are fractures along
which lithospheric plates
slide horizontally past one
Plate boundary
Oceanic
ridge
another. Transform faults are
Adjacent sections
here move in same
Sections here
Adjacent sections
here move in same
the active part of fracture
zones. For a review of this
move in opposite
direction
directions
direction
process in larger scale, please
see Figure 3.25.
Fracture
Transform fault
Fracture
(active part of
fracture zone)
zone
zone
(inactive)
(inactive)
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Transcribed Image Text:Figure 4.24 Transform faults and fracture zones along an oceanic ridge. Transform faults are fractures along which lithospheric plates slide horizontally past one Plate boundary Oceanic ridge another. Transform faults are Adjacent sections here move in same Sections here Adjacent sections here move in same the active part of fracture zones. For a review of this move in opposite direction directions direction process in larger scale, please see Figure 3.25. Fracture Transform fault Fracture (active part of fracture zone) zone zone (inactive) (inactive) Lithosphere Asthenosphere
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
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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