The San Andreas Fault is a transform fault located in coastal California where plates slip sideways past each other, generating damaging earthquakes due to plate shear. AI generated definition based on: Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition), 2003 ...
Considerable research efforts have focused on the behavior of the San Andreas fault system in the recent past to understand how it may behave in the near future. This intensive research is justified because the San Andreas fault is the longest fault in the state and, therefore, it is capable...
解析 C。解析:加利福尼亚的圣安德烈亚斯断层是转换型(transform)板块边界的一个例子。A选项convergent是汇聚型板块边界;B选项divergent是背离型板块边界;D选项subduction是俯冲,属于汇聚型板块边界的一种特殊情况,都不符合圣安德烈亚斯断层的板块边界类型。反馈 收藏 ...
The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that runs a length of roughly 810 miles (1,300 km) through California in the United States. The fault’s motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal motion). It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North Ame...
圣安德烈亚斯断层(S..(英语:San Andreas Fault)是一段长约1050公里、横跨美国加利福尼亚州西部和南部以及墨西哥下加利福尼亚州北部和东部的断层,位于太平洋板块和北美洲板块的交界处。断层以西的太平洋板及以东
“transform fault,” the San Andreas marks a stark and exposed division between the North American and Pacific Plates. It is a landscape on the move—“one of the least stable parts of the Earth,” in the words of paleontologist Richard Fortey, writing in his excellent bookEarth: An ...
The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip. ...
Like other faults, the San Andreas Fault is a fracture in the Earth's crust which is marked by increased geological activity. It is a transform fault, which means that it is located along the boundary between twotectonic plates. The Pacific Plate meets the North American Plate there, with ...
San Andreas Fault, major fracture of the Earth’s crust in extreme western North America. The fault trends northwestward for more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California, U.S., passing seaward
The San Andreas Fault is a transform fault. Imagine placing two slices of pizza on the table and sliding them past one another where they touch along a common straight edge. Bits of pepperoni from one side crumble across the boundary onto the anchovy side. The same thing happens with the ...