Transform faults are found where plates slide past one another. An example of a transform-fault plate boundary is the San Andreas fault, along the coast of California and northwestern Mexico. ... Subduction zones are found where one plate overrides, or subducts, another, pushing it downward into the mantle where it melts.

Do Transform boundaries cause subduction?

Usually, one of the converging plates will move beneath the other, a process known as subduction. ... This is known as a transform plate boundary. As the plates rub against each other, huge stresses can cause portions of the rock to break, resulting in earthquakes.

At what boundaries does subduction occur?

Subduction zones are where the cold oceanic lithosphere sinks back into the mantle and is recycled. They are found at convergent plate boundaries, where the oceanic lithosphere of one plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of another plate.