The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest. To the east is the North American ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely ... three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated ... creating mountain ranges. A transform boundary occurs where two plates slide against each other. But rather than sliding smoothly ...

which forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. These are known as Transform Faults. As the plates scrape past each other, pressure builds up and is ...