The block below is called the footwall.
Hanging wall fault.
The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
The underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore compare footwall def.
The block below is called the footwall.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
This terminology comes from mining.
A mass of rock overhanging a fault plane.
The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Hanging wall definition of hanging wall by the free dictionary.
When rocks slip past each other in faulting the upper or overlying block along the fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
In fault fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.