ures ▁or ▁from ▁sub sur face ▁ge oph ys ical ▁surve ys , ▁rest ra ining ▁b ends ▁commonly ▁define ▁positive ▁flower ▁structures . ▁In ▁plan ▁view ▁we ▁see ▁them ▁form ▁contra ction al ▁strike - s lip ▁du ple xes , ▁sub parallel ▁reverse ▁or ▁ob lique - s lip ▁contra ction al ▁fault s ▁that ▁are ▁bounded ▁by ▁two ▁strike - s lip ▁segments . ▁R estra ining ▁b ends ▁are ▁w ides p read ▁on ▁the ▁Earth ' s ▁surface , ▁from ▁sub - out c rop - scale ▁examples ▁to ▁large ▁scale ▁mountain ▁ranges . ▁They ▁have ▁been ▁the or ized ▁to ▁occur ▁on ▁extr ater rest rial ▁bodies , ▁like ▁Jup iter ' s ▁ icy ▁moon ▁Europa ▁and ▁on ▁Ven us . ▁ ▁Trans pression al ▁regions ▁ ▁Al ta i ▁Mountains ▁( West ern ▁Mong olia ▁and ▁Southern ▁Si ber ia , ▁Russia ) ▁ ▁Western ▁Ale ut ian ▁Sub du ction ▁Zone ▁ ▁G obi ▁Al ta i ▁( M ong olia ) ▁ ▁" Big ▁B end " ▁of ▁the ▁San ▁Andreas ▁F ault ▁Zone , ▁( Cal iforn ia , ▁USA ) ▁ ▁Al pine ▁F ault ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand ▁ ▁G ale h – D oz ▁plut on ▁( San and aj – S ir jan ▁Zone , ▁Iran ) ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁St rike - s lip ▁t ect on ics ▁ ▁Struct ural ▁ge ology ▁ ▁T ran st ension ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Struct ural ▁ge ology