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Figure 4.15 Comparison of transform and transcurrent faults.
Figure 4.16 (a) Six possible types of dextral transform fault: (i) ridge to ridge; (ii) ridge to concave arc; (iii) ridge to
convex arc; (iv) concave arc to concave arc; (v) concave arc to convex arc; (vi) convex arc to convex arc. (b) Appearance
of the dextral transform faults after a period of time (redrawn from Wilson, 1965, with permission from Nature 207,
334–47. Copyright © 1965 Macmillan Publishers Ltd).
