How are springs affected by faulting?

A) Faults provide a permeable pathway for groundwater movement to the surface.
B) Faults stop the flow of groundwater to the surface, as they usually form an impermeable layer.
C) Faults and springs are rarely found in the same geologic location.

Faulting

The geological process by which rocks on opposite sides of a fracture or fault move relative to each other, often leading to earthquakes.

Springs

Natural outflows of groundwater from the surface of the Earth, often the result of an aquifer being filled to the point that the water overflows onto the land surface.