The american heritage student science dictionary second edition.
Footwall hanging wall fault.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace.
Most faults broken places are essentially inclined planes like this.
See more at fault.
Quite often the ore that a mine.
Draw a normal and reverse fault label the hanging wall and footwall for each also show how they move for each fault.
The terminology of normal and reverse comes from coal mining in england where normal faults are the most common.
The fault plane is where the action is.
The block below is called the footwall.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
Mainly because the names hanging wall and footwall were named by miners who weren t trying to be cute.
It is a flat surface that may be vertical or sloping.
The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall.
Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults.
In a non vertical fault where the fault plane dips the footwall is the section of the fault that lies under the fault while the hanging wall lies over the fault the names come about from the.
The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.