The block of rock lying above an inclined geologic fault plane.
Hanging wall fault definition.
Definition of hanging wall.
The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace.
The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
This terminology comes from mining.
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Edges of horsts and grabens.
The upper block or in other words the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall.
Hanging wall and footwall.
The fault plane is where the action is.
Hanging wall down footwall up.
Type of fault map symbol definition type of regional stress geologic associations.
The block below the fault plane or in other words beneath the fault plane is called the footwall.
Low angle normal fault footwall gneiss hanging wall shallow crust rocks.
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Zones of crustal extension.
The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.
The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall.
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Hanging wall deformation patterns differ signifi cantly when a basal plastic sheet imposes a con stant magnitude displacement distribution on the master normal fault.
In fault fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
A wall of water.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
In models without a plastic sheet numerous secondary normal faults form in the hanging wall of the master normal fault.
Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.
The block below is called the footwall.
A wall of prejudice.
Basin and range region.
A wall of smoke.
Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
Hanging wall and footwall.