The rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein meaning pronunciation translations and examples log in dictionary.
Hanging wall plane definition.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
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Geological science the rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein.
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The block of rock lying above an inclined geologic fault plane.
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The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.
To rub away or abrade.
A specified level as the plane of anesthesia.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
A superficial incision in the wall of a.
The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
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The block below is called the footwall.
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