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No. Transform boundaries (also known as strike-slip faults), like the San Andreas Fault, have horizontal movement while subduction zones have something less than horizontal movement. When there is a certain amount of normal fault movement on a transform boundary it is called transtension. If that movement is a reverse faulting it is called transpression. A transpression fault might be considered a type of subduction zone, but only in its widest applications.

2007-11-12 13:06:27 · answer #1 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0 0

Nope. A Transform boundary has a strike-slip fault, like the San Andreas Fault in California, or the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest.

2007-11-12 21:10:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

One word answer is NO.
Transform Plate boundary has strike slip movement and one plate does not go underneath the other as happens at the Subduction margins.
thnks

2007-11-12 21:22:10 · answer #3 · answered by mandira_nk 4 · 0 0

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