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transform fault
[ trans-fawrm fawlt ]
noun
, Geology, Oceanography.
- a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of the axis of seafloor spreading. Compare fracture zone.
transform fault
/ trăns′fôrm′ /
- A type of strike-slip fault that accommodates the relative horizontal slip between other tectonic elements, such as tectonic plates, and is common along the edges of plates in mid-ocean ridge regions. The lateral displacement along transform faults often ends or changes form abruptly.
- See Note at fault
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Origin of transform fault1
First recorded in 1970–75
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