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Figure 2.20
Transform Plate Boundaries Horizontal movement between plates occurs along
transform faults. Extensions of transform faults on the seafl oor form fracture zones.
Trench
Fracture zone
Transform fault
Fracture zone
Mid-ocean
ridge
Magma
Oceanic crust
a
Most transform faults connect
two oceanic ridge segments.
“Subducted” oceanic ridge segment
Transform fault
b
A transform fault can connect
a ridge and a trench.
Fracture
zone
Transform fault
c
A transform fault can
also link two trenches.
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