The upper block or in other words the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall.
Hanging wall block geology.
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Hanging wall and footwall.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
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The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Hanging wall definition of hanging wall.
In fault block below is called the footwall.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
Cirques tarns u shaped valleys arĂȘtes and horns.
The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
This terminology comes from mining.
Hanging wall and footwall.
It is the inclination of the fault plane that is vertical.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.