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A transform boundary

The Alpine Fault, New Zealand is a transform boundary.

The Alpine Fault is a transform boundary. The Pacific and Australian plates are trying to slide past each other.

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Rights: Lloyd Homer, GNS Science Limited
Published: 18 August 2014Size: 675.78 KB
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