Hanging Wall Definition Geology

A wall of smoke.

Hanging wall definition geology. Plural hanging walls geology the section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line the corresponding lower section being the footwall. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. The upper block or in other words the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall. A wall of water.

A mass of rock overhanging a fault plane. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface. Definition of hanging wall. Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.

A wall of prejudice. Negotiations ran into a brick wall. The block below is called the footwall. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault.

The block below the fault plane or in other words beneath the fault plane is called the footwall. The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall. Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other.