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plates that slide past eachother crust neither created or destroied and causes earthquacks

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Those are transform plate boundaries (also called transform faults or conservative plate boundaries).

Key points:
- Plates slide past each other horizontally (strike-slip motion).
- Crust is neither created nor destroyed at these boundaries.
- Stress builds from friction; sudden slip produces earthquakes.
- Can be right-lateral or left-lateral depending on relative motion.
- Examples: San Andreas Fault (California), North Anatolian Fault (Turkey), Alpine Fault (New Zealand).
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