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← GeographyWhich outcome results when oblique stress occurs along transform boundaries?
A)Transpression generates restraining bends✓
B)Transtension dominates normal faulting
C)Divergence forms oceanic spreading ridges
D)Subduction volcanism becomes more intense
💡 Explanation
Transpression and shortening dominate because oblique stress along transform faults generates restraining bends; therefore thrust faults increase, rather than strike-slip only, because compressional forces become amplified in irregular zones.
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