A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
Hanging wall footwall hanging wall up.
In a non vertical fault where the fault plane dips the footwall is the section of the fault that lies under the fault while the hanging wall lies over the fault the names come about from the.
The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45.
The terminology of normal and reverse comes from coal mining in england where normal faults are the most common.
In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
Other articles where hanging wall is discussed.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
These usually occur when tectonic forces cause tension that pulls rocks apart.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
In a reverse fault the hanging wall right slides over the footwall left due to compressional forces.
Identify the type of fault illustrated by each photo and describe the type of stress that produced it.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
When the hanging wall moves down in relative to the footwall it is called a fault.
When the hanging wall moves up in relative to the footwall it is called a fault.
Draw a normal and reverse fault label the hanging wall and footwall for each also show how they move for each fault.
Cirques tarns u shaped valleys arêtes and horns.
On each photo draw arrows showing the relative movement on each side of the fault.
The forces creating reverse faults are compressional pushing the sides together.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.
Reverse faults form when the hanging wall moves up.
Label the hanging wall block and the footwall block on each of the faults illustrated in figure 1.
This situation however is generally found only in cirques cut into flat plateaus.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
