The majority of the folds and faults outcrop and are truncated, but rarely is the sea floor itself offset.
Deformation terminates abruptly outside the transfer zone.
To the north, the deformation is mantled under a thick blanket of recent deposits. Exposed deformation of Pliocene strata along the sea cliff at Daly City appears to represent a high-angle cross section of this deformation zone. A detailed three-dimensional survey of the Golden Gate Platform and coring are needed to fully assess the geometry, sense of deformation, and evolution of this transfer zone.