It is a flat surface that may be vertical or sloping.
Hanging wall and footwall of a fault.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults.
Reverse faults indicate compressive shortening of the crust.
The fault plane is where the action is.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
The block below is called the footwall.
A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace.