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Transform faults are :
Answer: C
Transform faults are strike-slip faults.
A transform fault is a plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, so the motion is parallel to the strike of the fault. Most offset mid-ocean ridge segments; the San Andreas Fault is a well-known continental example. Lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed at them, which is why they are called conservative boundaries.
Normal faults involve extension and dip-slip movement, typical of rifts and ridges. Reverse and thrust faults involve compression and dip-slip movement, typical of convergent margins. None of these describes the horizontal sliding along a transform.
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