Hanging Fault Wall

Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults the upper side is the hanging wall and the lower side is the footwall.

Hanging fault wall.

Hanging wall and footwall the two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall. This terminology comes from mining. Its strike and its dip. When the fault plane is vertical there is no hanging wall or footwall.

The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. The underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore compare footwall def. A mass of rock overhanging a fault plane. The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.

Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall. Synthetic same sense of dip as the controlling fault and antithetic opposite sense. They intersect often creating very complex fault patterns. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.

The block below is called the footwall. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface. Two families of hanging wall faults develop in accordance with coulomb s law. When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.

In fault fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. The hanging wall experiences flexural bending which creates extension which in turn creates normal faults. Any fault plane can be completely described with two measurements. Hanging wall definition is the upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall.