the san andreas is a example of what fault
The San Andreas fault is one of only a few examples of a transform boundary between two tectonic plates that is exposed on a continent. Some other continental transforms are the Alpine fault in New Zealand and the Dead Sea Transform fault system in the Middle East.he remainder is expressed by displacement along other, subparallel faults such as the Imperial and the San Jacinto fault zones in southern California. The San Andreas fault zone is a transform boundary between two tectonic plates, the North America plate and the Pacific plate.