Finally, fracturing along these planes forms transform faults. As this takes place, the fault changes from a normal fault with extensional stress to a strike slip fault with lateral stress. In the study done by Bonatti & Crane, peridotite and gabbro rocks were discovered in the edges of the transform ridges.
Average Salaries. The average salary of a retina specialist in 2009 was $619,114, according to Becker's Hospital Review. That makes retina specialists the fifth-highest paid specialty in the United States, the website reports. In 2008, a retina specialist's starting salary in rural areas was as high as $250,000, according to a 2008 Pearls in Ophthalmology article.
Ophthalmology doctors with 1 to 4 years of experience typically report salaries in the range from $101,014 to $247,465 a year, and those with 5 to 9 years of experience generally make between $124,227 and $275,000 a year.wners of solo practices make $262,000 a year on average, and ophthalmologists who are employees at their organization earn a median annual salary of $220,000 a year. Professionals who work as independent contractors have an average salary of $205,000 a year according to Medscape.