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trans·form fault (tr

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n. Geology

A strike-slip fault, common in mid-ocean ridge regions, in which there has been a sudden change in the form or direction of displacement.

transform fault (tr

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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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fault tectonic boundary			Lebanon is located on the Dead Sea transform fault, which is the meeting point of the Arabian Plate and what is known as the Levantine section of the African Plate. Moderate quake rattles South Lebanon again, and expert predicts more ... by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) The system, divided by fault lines called transform faults that lie perpendicular to the ridge, circles the planet like a seam on a baseball. Uncharted territory: ultraslow ridges hold new clues to crust's ... by Gramling, Carolyn / Science News Forays to remote mid-ocean ridges The layer cake model began to crumble in the 1980s when scientists began dredging, drilling, and diving around the great transform faults that offset volcanic mid-ocean ridge segments in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Earth's complex complexion: expeditions to remote oceans expose new ... by Dick, Henry J.B. / Oceanus			Transferography transferor transferrable transferral transferred possession transferred property Transferrence Transferrer Transferrible transferrin Transfigurate Transfiguratien transfiguration Transfiguration Day Transfiguration of Jesus transfigure transfinite transfinite number transfix transfixed Transfixion Transfluent Transflux Transforate transform transform fault Transformable transformation transformational transformational grammar transformational rule transformationalist Transformative transformed transformer transforming gene transformism Transfreight Transfretation Transfrete Transfuge Transfund transfuse Transfusible transfusion transfusion reaction Transfusive transgender transgendered transgene transgenesis			Transflective transflective LCD TRANSFLTNG Transfluent Transflux transfluxor Transfomer Transfomer Transfomer Transforaminal Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Transforaminal Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Transforate transforation transform transform transform transform transform Transform & Lighting Transform (disambiguation) Transform (disambiguation) Transform (disambiguation) Transform and lighting Transform Coefficient Transform Domain Adaptive Filter Transform Domain Communication System Transform Domain Least Mean Square Transform Drug Policy Foundation Transform Drug Policy Institute transform fault transform faults transform faults Transform Lookup Table Transform the Business transform to Transform, Clipping and Lighting Transform, clipping, and lighting Transform, Manage and Exchange Transform-Domain Weighted Interleave Vector Quantization Transform-Domain Weighted Interleave Vector Quantization Format Transform-fault Transform-fault Transform-Task Method transformable transformable transformable Transformable Variable Design transformation transformation transformation transformation transformation Transformation (genetics) Transformation (geometry) Transformation Alignment Office Transformation and Weaving Ontologies in Model Driven Engineering Transformation API for XML Transformation Campaign Plan transformation constant Transformation Definition Language

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