The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
Hanging wall definition earth science.
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The block below is called the footwall.
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Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
Definition of hanging wall.
In geology a hanging wall is one side of a fault that involves a diagonal plane for the fault line.
The side that is physically above the fault line.
Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.
Hanging wall the fault block which lies above any inclined fault surface.
Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault.
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A wall of prejudice.
The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.
Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other.
Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.