Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Earth_Environment/SWEET)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'transpressional stress regime'?

A. Transtension regimes are oblique tensional environments where stretching takes place. [Wikipedia]
B. Transpression regimes are formed during oblique collision of tectonic plates and during non-orthogonal subduction. [Wikipedia]
C. The Galapagos the concept is a geological area in the eastern Pacific Ocean several hundred miles west of the Galapagos Islands where three tectonic plates - the Cocos Plate, the Nazca Plate and the Pacific Plate - meet. [Wikipedia]
D. A the concept is a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation.

Answer: Transpression regimes are formed during oblique collision of tectonic plates and during non-orthogonal subduction. [Wikipedia]