Respuesta :
Faults are a result of discontinuity or fractures. They are the result of rock displacement. Due to the breaking of rocks masses. that is a result of the earth's movements and tectonic processes.
- stress along with pressure can lead to the breaking of the rocks and thereby break and fracture the rocks along a fault line. The fracture depends on the elasticity of the rocks.
Hence the option Stress is correct.
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