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Transform Fault Motion

Transform Fault Motion is a type of plate boundary interaction characterized by the lateral, shear displacement of tectonic plates along strike-slip faults that offset segments of mid-ocean ridges or other plate margins, distinguishing it from divergent and convergent plate motions by the absence of crustal creation or destruction at the fault line.

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Current plate motions

Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 1990 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Present‐day plate motions

J. B. Minster, T. H. Jordan · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1978 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Rises, trenches, great faults, and crustal blocks

W. Jason Morgan · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1968 · 1.2K citations

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The North Anatolian transform fault: its age, offset and tectonic significance

A. M. Celâl Şengör · Journal of the Geological Society · 1979 · 844 citations

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Tectonics of the Caribbean and Middle America Regions from Focal Mechanisms and Seismicity

Péter Molnár, Lynn R. Sykes · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1969 · 835 citations

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  1. KC
    Ken C. Macdonald

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. PF
    Paul Fox

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    9 publications · 892 citations

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  3. CD
    Charles DeMets

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    9 publications · 4.8K citations

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  4. RG
    Richard G. Gordon

    Rice University, United States

    8 publications · 4.4K citations

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  5. KA
    Kim A. Kastens

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    7 publications · 514 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    97 publications

    5.9K citations

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    17 h-index

    35 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    17 h-index

    28 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    3.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 77 publications · 10.1K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

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  3. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 22 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    16 publications · 1K citations

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