<P> Constant length faults: In other cases, transform faults will remain at a constant length . This consistency can be attributed to many different reasons . In the case of a ridge - to - ridge transforms, it is caused by the continuous growth by both ridges outward, canceling any change in length . The opposite occurs when a ridge linked to a subducting plate, where all the lithosphere (new sea floor) being created by the ridge is being subducted, or swallowed up, by the subduction zone . Finally, when two upper subduction plates are linked there is no change in length . This is due to the plates moving parallel with each other and no new lithosphere is being created to change that length . </P> <P> Decreasing length faults: In rare cases, transform faults can shrink in length . These occur when two descending subduction plates are linked by a transform fault . In time as the plates are subducted, the transform fault will decrease in length until the transform fault disappears completely, leaving only two subduction zones facing in opposite directions . </P>

What is the result of transform plate boundaries