Hanging Wall Definition Earth Science

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Hanging wall definition earth science.

A wall of water. Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. The side that is physically above the fault line. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.

Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other. In geology a hanging wall is one side of a fault that involves a diagonal plane for the fault line. Definition of hanging wall. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault.

Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore. Hanging wall the fault block which lies above any inclined fault surface. Negotiations ran into a brick wall. The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall.

A dictionary of earth sciences dictionary. The block below is called the footwall. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.