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The San Andreas Fault and a large fault off British Columbia are interpreted as examples of the recently proposed "transform faults." They are joined by a short, isolated length of oceanic ridge striking N20 degrees E, with an associated "window" of young crust. The displacement along these faults is estimated at 400 kilometers.
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J. Tuzo Wilson (1965) studied this question.
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