Which crustal deformation pattern primarily manifests alongside strike-slip movement across a continental transform fault?

💡 Explanation

When strike-slip motion occurs along strike slip fault, local zones of crustal extension and compression develop due to irregularities in the fault trace (e.g pulls apart basins). Therefore localized extensions result rather than uplift, subsidence, or thinning which require convergent or divergent settings.

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