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What happens when the two plates of earth's crust moving in opposite directions slide past one another

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¶¶¶ One type of plate-to-plate interface is called a "transform boundary." In this case, one plate is grinding past another in opposite directions.

¶¶¶ When oceanic or continental plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or move in the same direction but at different speeds, a transform fault boundary is formed.

∆ No new crust is created or subducted, and no volcanoes form, but earthquakes occur along the fault.

¶¶¶ The transform fault boundaries connect spreading centers and subduction zones, which are the other elements of the jigsaw puzzle of the Earth’s plates.

¶¶¶ The most well-known example of this in the world is the San Andreas Fault Zone in California

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