A transform fault is ________.

a.) a dip-slip fault connecting an anticline with a syncline
b.) the rift bounding faults on a mid-ocean ridge
c.) a strike-slip fault that forms the boundary between tectonic plates
d.) a reverse fault that steepens into a thrust fault


Ans: c.) a strike-slip fault that forms the boundary between tectonic plates

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