In thrust faulting,_______ .
A) grabens develop on the footwall block
B) the crust is shortened and thickened
C) the hanging wall block slips downward along the thrust fault
D) horizontal, tensional stresses drive the deformation

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Thrust faulting is a type of reverse faulting where the hanging wall block moves upward and over the footwall block. This process shortens the crust and thickens it, making it a compressional deformation. Grabens develop on the footwall block in normal faulting, not in thrust faulting. Horizontal tensional stresses cause normal faulting, not thrust faulting.

In Thrust Faulting,_______