Hanging Wall Definition Science

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Hanging wall definition science.

A wall of prejudice. The block of rock lying above an inclined geologic fault plane. Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.

A flat usually unframed piece of decorative work for hanging on a wall as a tapestry a quilt or a piece made by weaving macramé or other techniques from a wide variety of materials. The american heritage science dictionary copyright 2011. Definition of hanging wall. Hanging wall and footwall the two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.

This terminology comes from mining. Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other. Hanging wall the fault block which lies above any inclined fault surface. A wall of water.

Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. The rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein meaning pronunciation translations and examples. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface. A wall of smoke.

Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault. Plural hanging walls geology the section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line the corresponding lower section being the footwall. The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall. See more at fault.

Geological science the rocks on the lower side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein. Published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. The block below is called the footwall.