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Transform fault

earth science Maturity 7-9

Big pieces of Earth slide past each other.

Continental-continental conservative plate boundary opposite directions.svg
Continental-continental conservative plate boundary opposite directions.svg
They move side to side. This can happen under the sea. It can happen on land too. This move can make the ground shake. Can you feel the Earth move?
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Transform fault-1.svg

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File:Continental-continental conservative plate boundary opposite directions.svg
Continental-continental conservative...
File:Transform fault-1.svg
Transform fault-1.svg
File:Spreading center and strips.png
Spreading center and strips.png
File:Spreading to upper NEW.svg
Spreading to upper NEW.svg
File:Upper to upper.svg
Upper to upper.svg
File:Spreading centers constant.svg
Spreading centers constant.svg
File:Upper to down NEW.svg
Upper to down NEW.svg
File:Down to down NEW.svg
Down to down NEW.svg
File:Spreading to Down NEW.svg
Spreading to Down NEW.svg
File:strike slip fault.png
strike slip fault.png
File:Tectonic plates (2022).svg
Tectonic plates (2022).svg
File:Alpine Fault SRTM.jpg
Alpine Fault SRTM.jpg
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