a transform boundary is:
where 2 plates slide past each other,
happens at continental vs. oceanic plates
most famous example: The San Andreas Fault Line
Chat with our AI personalities
Earthquakes can, and do, occur at divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.
Transform boundaries do not produce volcanic activity.
Convergent and divergent boundaries melt rock in the upper mantle while transform boundaries do not. Convergent boundaries that involve at least one oceanic plate form subduction zones, where an oceanic plate plunges into the mantle. Volatiles carried into the mantle lower the melting point of the rock there, allowing magma to form.At divergent boundaries the crust becomes thinner. This reduces pressure on the upper mantle, thus lowering melting points and generating magma.Transform boundaries have no such means of producing magma.
Any type of plate boundary can cause an earthquake. That said, areas along convergent, divergent, and transform tectonic plate boundaries are the most likely places for earthquakes to occur.
They occur near ocean ridges. (Information is from BCScience10)