Transcript Transform Fault Boundary Notes

Transform Fault
Boundary
Finz 2012
Transform Fault Plate Boundary
• Occurs when a continental plate breaks
open and begins to move
• These plates move in opposite directions
What forms at a Transform Fault
Boundary?
• The Earth will split open leaving a fault
line
What kinds of Earthquakes occur at an
Transform Fault Boundary?
• Along the fault line
there will be:
– shallow EQ’s
– intermediate EQ’s
– deep EQ’s
• All these EQ’s occur
along a straight
down from the
surface
How do transform faults move?
• http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/anima
tions/animation.php?flash_title=StrikeSlip+Fault&flash_file=strikeslip&flash_
width=240&flash_height=310