The document discusses a REC that was cancelled on March 10th and rescheduled for either March 18th or 19th from 10am to 12pm at Xinnovate on the topic of convergent plate boundaries. It provides examples of transform plate boundaries like the San Andreas Fault in California and North Anatolian Fault in Turkey, describing how an earthquake in 1906 along the San Andreas Fault caused several hundred kilometers of the North American Plate to shift up to 7 meters in under a minute due to stresses building up and releasing where the Pacific and North American Plates slide past each other.

1. Announcements
- 10th
March REC cancelled
- Choose 18th
March Tues or 19th
March Wed
- 10 to 12 pm REC
- Venue: Xinnovate
- Topic: Convergent Plate Boundary

2. Transform plate boundaries
• Plates slide past each other.
• As they do so, tremendous stress
builds up.
• This stress is eventually released,
often as a violent earthquake.

3. Transform plate boundaries
E.g. San Andreas Fault, United States of America &
North Anatolian Fault, Turkey

4. E.g. San Andreas Fault, USA

5. San Andreas Fault, United States of America
• In 1906, an earthquake occurred in San Francisco,
southern California between the Pacific Plate and the
North American Plate.
– This caused several hundred kilometres of North
American Plate to move an average of 2.5 m,
– and at one point almost 7 m all in less than 1
minute.

6. E.g. North Anatolian Fault, Turkey
How would the plate movement affect the two
cities shown in time to come?

7. P65
• Describe the
appearance of the
fault and its surround
landscape. [4]
• Explain how an
earthquake may
occur at this type of
boundary. [4]