When rock is broken and pulverized as the sides of a fault grind past each other, this generates a loosely coherent, easily moved and easily eroded material called fault __________.
A) slickensides
B) gouge
C) grot
D) breccia

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Fault gouge is the correct term for the finely pulverized rock that is created as the sides of a fault grind past each other. This material is loosely coherent, easily moved, and easily eroded.

When Rock Is Broken and Pulverized as the Sides of a Fault