(i) Describe the appearance of the fault and its surrounding landscape. [4]
Appearance
• Long/linear
• Narrow
• Deep valley
• Fault line offsets to the right
• Presence of river within the fault
Surrounding landscape
• Hills are dissected
• Surrounding lands are highland
• Presence of some vegetation
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(ii) Explain how an earthquake may occur at this type of plate boundary. [4]
• The 2 plates are sliding past each other in opposite direction.
• There is a lot of friction and the movement is not smooth.
• Stress build up
• Over time, shock is suddenly released resulting in earthquakes.
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