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GCSE Geography · key term
A plate boundary where plates slide past one another without creating or destroying crust; also called a transform boundary.
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Paper 1
Revise: Types and Distribution of Plate BoundariesAt a conservative boundary, plates slide past each other. They may move in opposite directions, or in the same direction at different speeds. Crust is neither created nor destroyed, which explains the name ‘conservative’.
Specification 1.2a · Paper 1, Paper 3
A boundary where plates slide past one another without creating or destroying crust.
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At a conservative boundary, plates slide horizontally past one another. They may move in opposite directions, or in the same direction at different speeds. Neither new crust nor a subduction zone is formed: crust is neither created nor destroyed.