Hanging Wall And Footwall Of A Fault

The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.
Hanging wall and footwall of a fault. The fault plane is where the action is. Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine. Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45. Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults.
The block below is called the footwall. The terminology of normal and reverse comes from coal mining in england where normal faults are the most common. Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall. A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.