Which deformation results when crustal blocks undergo lateral displacement?

💡 Explanation

Strike-slip faults develop because shear stress along transform boundaries causes lateral displacement of crustal blocks, therefore these faults manifest, rather than rock folding, which demands compression, or metamorphism, which happens because of high pressure with subduction.

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