At any point along the surface of any nonvertical fault such as is shown in the figure below,the ________.
A) hanging wall lies vertically above the footwall
B) footwall lies vertically above the hanging wall
C) hanging wall lies to the left of the footwall
D) footwall lies to the left of the hanging wall
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