Hanging Wall Definition Science

Geological science the rocks on the lower side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein.

Hanging wall definition science.

Hanging wall the fault block which lies above any inclined fault surface. This terminology comes from mining. See more at fault. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault.

Definition of hanging wall. 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. 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.

Negotiations ran into a brick wall. A wall of smoke. Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. The block of rock lying above an inclined geologic fault plane.

The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him. A wall of water.

The block below is called the footwall. Hanging wall and footwall the two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall. 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.

The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface. The rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein meaning pronunciation translations and examples. The american heritage science dictionary copyright 2011.