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In the early days of the plate tectonic theory, attention was concentrated on the tectonic effects of destructive and constructive plate boundaries. However, the detailed study of oceanic transform faults and of major continental transform faults, particularly the San Andreas fault system, has led to the recognition that strike-slip or transform regimes are also of fundamental tectonic importance.
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Park, R.G. (1988). Strike-slip and oblique-slip regimes. In: Geological Structures and Moving Plates. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1685-7_6
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