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Diagram showing a transform fault with two plates moving in opposite directions Transform fault (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. [1] It ends abruptly where it connects to another plate boundary, either another transform, a spreading ridge, or ...
The Azores–Gibraltar transform fault (AGFZ), also called a fault zone and a fracture zone, is a major seismic zone in the eastern Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and the Strait of Gibraltar. It is the product of the complex interaction between the African , Eurasian , and Iberian plates. [ 1 ]
In some usages, the name Owen Transform Fault is used to denote the short section between the end of the Aden-Sheba ridge and the Carlsberg Ridge. [3] Additionally, this area has been called the Aden–Owen–Carlsberg triple junction , although the Carlsberg Ridge is offset 330 km (210 mi) from the point where the Owen fracture zone/fault ...
An interplate earthquake event occurs when the accumulated stress at a tectonic plate boundary are released via brittle failure and displacement along the fault. There are three types of plate boundaries to consider in the context of interplate earthquake events: [4] Transform fault: Where two boundaries slide laterally relative to each other.
This feature has been considered a transform fault, leaky transform fault, oblique spreading center and rift by geologists. [ 7 ] Two zones of faulting occur around the 1998 earthquake epicenter; WNW–ESE and NNW–SSE trending systems with steep dip angles to the NNE or SSW and WSW or ENE, respectively.
Fault mechanics is a field of study that investigates the behavior of geologic faults. Behind every good earthquake is some weak rock. Whether the rock remains weak becomes an important point in determining the potential for bigger earthquakes.
The Magallanes–Fagnano Fault (Spanish: Falla Fagnano–Magallanes) is a continental transform fault. [1] The fault marks a transform boundary between the Scotia plate and the South American plate, cutting across continental crust. [2] It runs under the Strait of Magellan's western arm, Almirantazgo Sound and Fagnano Lake. It has been ...
The Kane fracture zone is a medium-offset transform fault zone located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). [1] It lies just to the north of the Kane Megamullion, an oceanic core complex that forms the footwall of a long-lived low-angle detachment fault. [ 2 ]