I'm chillin' in New Zealand with Kath and our new guides Brandi and Chase. My sister and I have been very fortunate to have such amazing guides who can teach us so much. For example, today we learned from Brandi and Chase about transform boundaries. A transform boundary is when two plates are sliding past each other. Examples of what a transform boundary can form are faults and mid-ocean ridges. To be specific, the Australian and Pacific plates slide past each other here in New Zealand, creating the Alpine fault. Although volcanoes do not form at transform boundaries, earthquakes are very common. The most recent quake activity was in July of 2012, resulting in a 6.3 magnitude! Holy moly! There are other plate boundaries here in New Zealand which support volcanic activity. The most recent eruption was in 1996. I am having so much fun on this trip... and this is sadly just past the halfway point :(.
Talk to y'all next time!
-Miss. Leah
This is an animated photo of how transform boundary plates move. http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/tectonics/tectonics-slide.html
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