Which effect on stream drainage patterns is caused by strike-slip offset along a transform fault?

💡 Explanation

When strike-slip movement occurs, stream channels that cross the fault are displaced laterally because active fault motion causes shear deformation creating offset streams. Therefore you observe streams with beheaded drainages, rather than the other patterns, which require different tectonic mechanisms.

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