Discussion
The San Andreas fault is an example of a
Answer: B
Correct answer: transform boundary
The San Andreas is the boundary along which the Pacific plate slides north-westward past the North American plate, with motion horizontal and parallel to the fault. No crust is created or destroyed, which is what defines a transform. It is the type example of a continental transform and of the strike-slip earthquakes such boundaries produce.
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