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B auren Kim, Al e x Lee

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What will you learn i
n this presentation?
There are three types of plate boundary.
They are Transform Plate Boundary, Dive
rgent Plate Boundary, and Convergent Pl
ate Boundary. In this presentation, we wi
ll be talking about Transform Plate Boun
dary. We will give examples of area whic
h have Transform Plate Boundary, and w
e will also talk about the types of earthq
uakes that occur, the land features that a
re created, and the driving force for plate
movement. There will be graphics to hel
p explain throughout the presentation.
 What is Transform
Plate Boundary?
Transform Plate Boundary is a type of fault
that runs on the border of a tectonic plate.
The two pieces of crust on either side slide
in opposite directions. This happens becau
se when convectional currents move in op
posite directions, it also carries the crust in
opposite directions creating a sliding effec
t.

Two pieces of crust are sliding

past each other http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate4.htm
Oceanic Fracture Zone
Examples
An example of an oceanic fracture zone is the Romanche Fracture Zone. The f
racture zone cuts the Mid-Atlantic ridge and includes a transform fault betwe
en the African plate on the north and the South American plate on the south.
Continental Transform Boundary
An example of a transform boundary on land is the Alpine Fault of New Zeala
nd. The Alpine Fault is a strike slip fault between the Australian Plate and the
Pacific Plate.
The Alpine Fault creates a transform boundary between the Pacific plate and t
he Indo-Australian plate.
 Locations
The Dead Sea Fault
The Dead Sea transform system extends from the spreading ridge of the Red S
ea northward to a zone of continent-to-continent collision in the Alpine Oroge
nic Belt in southern Turkey.
The transform zone is about 1000 km long and marks the boundary between
the western edge of the Arabian plate and the northern part of the African pl
ate.

The Dead Sea

Types of Earthqua
kes
There are many different types of earthqua
kes that can occur but the most common e
arthquake for a Transform Boundary is a te
ctonic earthquake where the ground shake
s due to the breakage of crusts. This is caus
ed by the movement of tectonic plates. Vo
lcanic earthquakes are less common becau
Tectonic earthquake
se volcanic activity is not found to be prese
nt because of the absence of magma.
 Examples of Earthquakes
Haiti is situated on the Hispaniola island, w
hich rests at a place where two giant piece
s of the earth's crust, the Caribbean and N
orth American tectonic plates, grind agains
t each other as they pass in opposite direc
tions.
The boundary between these two tectonic
plates is formed by a system of strike-slip f
aults involving the Enriquillo-Plantain Gard
en fault zone and the Septentrional-Orient
fault zone.
Haiti These earthquakes are caused by the accu
mulation and release of strain as the two pl
ates slide past each other.
Type of Land Feat
At a conservative or a transform plate boundary, there are very few features t
ures
o be seen, save for the large crack in the ground. Sometimes there can be so
me cliff forming at the fault line. Earthquakes are very common.
Frequent, shallow earthquakes occur, but there is little associated volcanism o
r topographic relief.
Most transform boundaries occur not on land, however, but in short segment
s along mid-ocean ridges.

A cliff left after an

earthquake (Pololu Cliffs)
Driving Force for P
late Movement
There are two major things that can cause
the movement of plates. The first one woul
d be heat loss. When heat is lost, it causes
convection which move the plates. Anothe
r force is gravitational sliding. A lithospher
e is formed above hot mantle and after yea
rs of cooling and ageing, the lithosphere be
Convectional Currents comes less dense than the hot material be
neath it. This causes the lithosphere to incli
ne at a slight angle.
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