Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
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Transform Boundaries<br />
• Lithosphere slides past; not created or destroyed.<br />
– Most transforms <strong>of</strong>fset spreading ridge segments.<br />
– Some transforms cut through continental crust.<br />
• Characterized by…<br />
– Earthquakes.<br />
– Absence <strong>of</strong> volcanism.