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    Transform Faults That Offset Segments of a Spreading Ridge Are
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Transform Faults That Offset Segments of a Spreading Ridge Are

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Transform faults that offset segments of a spreading ridge are formed because rates of spreading are not constant along any one rift zone so shearing develops when one segment grows faster than another.

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