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transform boundary

Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY IS A PLACE WHERE TWO PLATS SLIP PAST EACH OTHER,MOVING IN OPPSITE DIRECTION. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.11.152.197 (talk) 15:56, 5 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Lateral Fault

Latest comment: 15 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Is a transform fault the same thing as a lateral fault (sideways movement)? Just trying to get a good grade on my paper. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Germpolice (talk • contribs) 19:00, 10 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Have you read the article? Also take a look at the Fault (geology) page that describes strike-slip faults, which I think that you're referring to. Mikenorton (talk) 19:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Destructive aspect?

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The introductory paragraph mentions the destructive transform faults being the best-known but this is not mentioned for the rest of the page and the note requires clicking the internal link to find "destructive" as being the earthquake page. Isn't this a bit obscure in terms of linking?

Also, the page doesn't refer to how transform faults are related to earthquakes, only how their length is affected. Should more earthquake-related mechanics be added or just linked in? Daothao (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:51, 10 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Helpful article

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article relies on appropriate source and citations, and the examples are very detailed, which is very helpful! ----TaoCo (talk) 00:39, 22 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Suggestions

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article does a great job comparing the transcurrent and transform faults, however it might be useful to include seismic observations in transform faults. Also, the definition of transform faults in the first sentence is too vague; what are the directions of relative plate motion here?--Neo Culture Technology (talk) 03:13, 4 April 2018 (UTC)Reply