TYPES OF MASTERâS. The general description of a masterâs degree is an academic degree obtained in a higher postgraduate education, which usually takes two years to complete. It is a specialised graduate programme focused on gaining practical knowledge in a specific area.
San Andreas Fault. The San Andreas Fault is the transform boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake the northern section of the San Andreas Fault slipped northward along the fault from San Juan Bautista to Cape Mendocino, a total of 296 miles (477km).
Transform Boundaries. Transform boundaries occur where ANY TWO PLATES are SLIDING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER. They are not moving toward or away, but rather sliding past each other. A famous transform boundary exists in California, where the Pacific Plate is sliding past the North American plate. In between the two sliding plates at a transform boundary is a FAULT, or crack in the crust between two plates.