Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault.
Hanging wall definition geology.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
The block below the fault plane or in other words beneath the fault plane is called the footwall.
A mass of rock overhanging a fault plane.
Definition of hanging wall.
Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other.
The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.
A wall of water.
The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall.
The block below is called the footwall.
A wall of prejudice.
A wall of smoke.
Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.
Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
The underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore compare footwall def.