This trench is found in a region of diagonal convergence produced by the transform fault evolution of the Emerald Fracture Zone.
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Lithospheric plates on either side of an active transform fault move in opposite directions; here, strike-slip activity occurs.
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Since then, the Atlantis II transform fault has grown while the offsets west and east of it have begun to disappear.
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The Sunda trench is also closely related to the Sumatran Fault, a transform fault running the entire length of the island.
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The southern boundary is a collection of transform faults, the Sovanco Fracture Zone, separating the Explorer Plate from the Pacific Plate.
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The separation from Antarctica changed the tectonics of the Fuegian Andes into a transpressive regime with transform faults hosting glacial valleys at present.
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The spreading centers are offset by small transform faults, this is what causes the spreading center to be uneven across the basin.
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The largest event was in the north Atlantic Ocean at the Azores Gibraltar Transform Fault in November with a magnitude 8.0.
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As the plates on either side of a mid-ocean ridge move, transform faults are created due to variances in plate motion.
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The Walker Lane may represent an incipient major transform fault zone which could replace the San Andreas as the plate boundary in the future.
