Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
Hanging wall and footwall of a fault.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
Reverse faults indicate compressive shortening of the crust.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
The block below is called the footwall.
Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults.
The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45.
The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.
It is a flat surface that may be vertical or sloping.
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The fault plane is where the action is.