Hanging Wall Fault Definition

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Hanging wall fault definition.

This terminology comes from mining. The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace. A wall of prejudice. Hanging wall and footwall.

In fault fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. The fault plane is where the action is. The block below is called the footwall. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.

In models without a plastic sheet numerous secondary normal faults form in the hanging wall of the master normal fault. Basin and range region. A wall of smoke. The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.

The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall. Low angle normal fault footwall gneiss hanging wall shallow crust rocks. Published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. The block below the fault plane or in other words beneath the fault plane is called the footwall.

Hanging wall deformation patterns differ signifi cantly when a basal plastic sheet imposes a con stant magnitude displacement distribution on the master normal fault. Definition of hanging wall. The upper block or in other words the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall. It is a flat surface that may be vertical or sloping.

Zones of crustal extension. Negotiations ran into a brick wall. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. Structural analysis indicates the presence of down to basin footwall and hanging wall faults associated with rollover anticlines and horst block back to back fault.

Type of fault map symbol definition type of regional stress geologic associations. Edges of horsts and grabens. The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.

A wall of water. When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him. See more at fault. The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.