Hanging wall and footwall.
In a fault the hanging wall.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
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.
A n fault forms when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall a.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
Normal fractures in rock with no offset where there has been no motion are called.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
The block below is called the footwall.
This terminology comes from mining.
This is true of normal faults.