At sea they are typically associated with a fracture zone extending beyond the active region, which usually lies between offset ridge segments.
These features are termed "leaky" when they show a small divergence. At sea they are typically associated with a fracture zone extending beyond the active region, which usually lies between offset ridge segments. When three of these meet they form an unstable triple junction, and at the unstable Mendocino triple junction two of these meet a trench. They accommodate conservative plate boundaries since they show little or no movement in the dip direction, instead moving in right-lateral or left-lateral senses of relative plate motion. For 10 points, name these specific linear structures where plates slip past each other, exemplified by the San Andreas Fault.
These features are termed "leaky" when they show a small divergence.
{transform fault} [or {strike-slip fault}; prompt on {fault}s]