Hanging Wall Definition Science

Webster s new world college dictionary fifth edition copyright 2014 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company.

Hanging wall definition science.

Hanging wall the fault block which lies above any inclined fault surface. A flat usually unframed piece of decorative work for hanging on a wall as a tapestry a quilt or a piece made by weaving macramé or other techniques from a wide variety of materials. A wall of prejudice. A wall of smoke.

The rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein meaning pronunciation translations and examples. Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other. Plural hanging walls geology the section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line the corresponding lower section being the footwall. When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.

The american heritage science dictionary copyright 2011. The block below is called the footwall. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault.

The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it. Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. See more at fault. Definition of hanging wall.

Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall. Hanging wall and footwall the two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall. Published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company.

Negotiations ran into a brick wall. This terminology comes from mining. A wall of water.