Which deformation pattern frequently develops adjacent to continental transform plate boundaries?

💡 Explanation

When plates slide past each other along a continental transform fault, strike-slip faults develop because crust is neither created nor destroyed, resulting in lateral motion and shearing which creates linear valleys. Therefore strike-slip faults and valleys result, rather than subduction, compression, or volcanism which involve convergent or divergent mechanisms.

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