Which mechanism drives the formation of elongated basins along oceanic transform faults?

💡 Explanation

When transform faults slip, strike-slip movement causes localized crustal thinning due to extensional forces along bends on the fault line, leading to basin formation because the lithosphere stretches and subsides. Therefore strike-slip induced crustal thinning is responsible, rather than the alternatives involving thermal, sedimentary accretion, or mantle upwelling which require different heat source or fault dynamics.

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