Reverse faults indicate compressive shortening of the crust.
Hanging wall and footwall of a fault.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
The fault plane is where the action is.
The block below is called the footwall.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace.
The terminology of normal and reverse comes from coal mining in england where normal faults are the most common.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.