The San Andreas fault in California is an example of
A) two tectonic plates pushing directly against one another.
B) an upthrust due to a hot spot in Earth's mantle.
C) a spreading center, where two tectonic plates are being pushed away from each other.
D) two tectonic plates sliding past each other.

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The San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault where the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate slide past each other horizontally. This lateral movement characterizes transform boundaries, which is what the San Andreas Fault represents.

The San Andreas Fault in California Is an Example of