The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
Hanging wall footwall hanging wall up.
The forces creating reverse faults are compressional pushing the sides together.
Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall.
Identify the type of fault illustrated by each photo and describe the type of stress that produced it.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.
In a reverse fault the hanging wall right slides over the footwall left due to compressional forces.
The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45.
Label the hanging wall block and the footwall block on each of the faults illustrated in figure 1.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Reverse faults indicate compressive shortening of the crust.
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Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
Reverse faults form when the hanging wall moves up.
A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
On each photo draw arrows showing the relative movement on each side of the fault.
When the hanging wall moves down in relative to the footwall it is called a fault.
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.
Cirques tarns u shaped valleys arêtes and horns.
This situation however is generally found only in cirques cut into flat plateaus.
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The terminology of normal and reverse comes from coal mining in england where normal faults are the most common.
