What happens during movement along rotating fault blocks?

A. The corner of a block that is rotated down becomes a basin.
B. The crust is thickened by the compression.
C. The layers within the blocks rotate, but the blocks themselves do not.
D. The layers and blocks rotate, but the faults do not rotate.
E. None of these choices are correct.


Answer: A

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