Which crustal deformation results along a transform plate boundary within continental crust?

💡 Explanation

When transform boundaries cut through continental crust, shearing occurs because plates slide horizontally past each other, generating significant frictional resistance along the fault. Therefore, extensive strike-slip faulting and shearing results, rather than rift valleys, mountain building or basin subsidence which involve divergent or convergent mechanisms.

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