Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: There is no relative motion across a transform fault BECAUSE the parts of the lithospheric plate cut by a transform fault are moving in the same direction
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
E
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