Multiple Choice
A transform fault is ________.
A) a lithospheric scale, strike-slip fault that forms the boundary between tectonic plates in shear, such as at oceanic ridge offsets
B) a dip-slip fault connecting an anticline with a syncline
C) a reverse fault that steepens into a thrust fault
D) the rift-bounding faults parallel to the axial valley on a mid-ocean ridge
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