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| Title: | Transform Faults. |
| Caption: | This animation shows off-set portions of a mid-ocean ridge. It shows the different types of movement possible along transform faults in such a setting, illustrating the conditions leading to both active fracture zones and inactive fracture zones. The "Example" map depicts the North Anatolian fault system in Turkey and the San Andreas fault system in California. |
| Keywords: | transform faults, strike-slip faults, earthquakes, plate tectonics, tectonic plates, transform plate boundary, transform plate boundaries, divergent plate boundary, divergent plate boundaries, mid-ocean ridges, seafloor spreading, North Anatolian fault system, San Andreas fault |