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What happens to tectonic plates at a transform boundary?

April 26, 2017earth Geology happens Mathematics plates sciences tectonic transform

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What happens to tectonic plates at a transform boundary?

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Transform boundaries involve the lateral motion of tectonic plates. Very simply put, it means that one plate is grinding past another- edge to edge. Put two thick books on your table and push their bindings together. Then, slide one book away from you and one book towards you. It’s a simple as that. Now, in reference to A, B, and C above- there is no subduction (one plate sliding OVER another) so there is no “recycling” happening. There is also no rifting (plates pulling away from each other, with fresh magma welling up in the rift between) so there is no formation happening. Therefore, the correct answer (as you have likely deduced by now) is “C”.