Movement along faults often produces a rock formed from sharply angled rock fragments termed ________.
A) fault gouge
B) rock flour
C) fault breccia
D) slickenside

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Movement along faults results in the breakage of rock into angular fragments that are displaced and compacted into a rock form, often called fault breccia. A fault gouge is a fine-grained clayey material resulting from faulting, while slickensides are polished and striated surfaces caused by fault movement. Rock flour is a fine-grained sediment formed by the abrasion of bedrock by glacial ice.

Movement Along Faults Often Produces a Rock Formed from Sharply