The San Andreas Fault in California and the Alpine Fault

question 138

Multiple Choice

The San Andreas fault in California and the Alpine fault in New Zealand are good examples of ________.

• A)convergent margins between oceanic plates
• B)emergent ocean basins
• C)divergent oceanic crust
• D)transform faults that cut continental crust

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