"What is the evidence that plates slide past one another at transform plate boundaries?"
What will be an ideal response?
"Transform plate boundaries are a special type of strike-slip fault along which plate motion from one boundary segment is transformed to the next segment. The direction and velocity of strike-slip displacement on transform boundaries are consistent with the motions predicted by plate tectonics. Most transform boundaries are short faults between mid-ocean ridge segments. Transform faults line up with tectonically inactive fracture zones that separate lithosphere of different age, thickness, and elevation but belong to the same plate and move in the same direction at the same velocity.
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