A new view on plate tectonics Transform faults play active role in shaping ocean floors Date: March 17, 2021 Source: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) Summary: Along submarine ...

Summary: Continental transform faults evolve when two plates slide along each other. The most prominent examples are the San Andreas Fault in California and the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey.

The observations suggest that morphological contrasts between adjacent segments can extend for all or part of a ridge segment, with more persistent differences across transform faults (for example ...