Which phenomenon creates characteristic linear valleys along oceanic transform plate boundaries?

💡 Explanation

When seawater penetrates fractures along a transform boundary, serpentinization of ultramafic rocks occurs because the hydration of olivine and pyroxene creates weaker, more easily eroded serpentine minerals. Therefore, differential erosion results, rather than thermal contraction, glacial abrasion, or basalt deposition which require alternative geomorphological processes.

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