Hanging Wall Definition Science

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Hanging wall definition science. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. The american heritage science dictionary copyright 2011. 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. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.

Hanging wall and footwall the two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall. Geological science the rocks on the lower side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein. The block below is called the footwall. This terminology comes from mining.

The block of rock lying above an inclined geologic fault plane. Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. Published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.

Webster s new world college dictionary fifth edition copyright 2014 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. A wall of prejudice. A wall of smoke. When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.

Plural hanging walls geology the section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line the corresponding lower section being the footwall. Definition of hanging wall. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault. Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other.

Hanging wall the fault block which lies above any inclined fault surface. Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. Negotiations ran into a brick wall.