Which effect primarily results from lateral displacement along a conservative transform plate boundary?

💡 Explanation

When plates slide horizontally past each other at a transform boundary, friction causes stick-slip behavior because stress accumulates until overcoming friction, leading to seismic events. Therefore sudden seismic stress release eventuates, rather than volcanism, trenching, or rifting which need convergent or divergent processes.

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