Hanging Wall Definition Geology

Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.

Hanging wall definition geology.

The block below the fault plane or in other words beneath the fault plane is called the footwall. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. A mass of rock overhanging a fault plane. Negotiations ran into a brick wall.

A wall of water. Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault. The upper block or in other words the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall.

A wall of smoke. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface. The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall. The underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore compare footwall def.

Hanging wall and footwall. A wall of prejudice. Plural hanging walls geology the section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line the corresponding lower section being the footwall.