Hanging Wall Definition Geology

The upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall.

Hanging wall definition geology. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. Hanging wall and footwall. Wall anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. The underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore compare footwall def.

Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall. Hanging wall the upper wall of an inclined fault. The block below is called the footwall. Inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other.

The upper block or in other words the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall. A wall of smoke. Negotiations ran into a brick wall. The block below the fault plane or in other words beneath the fault plane is called the footwall.

Plural hanging walls geology the section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line the corresponding lower section being the footwall. A mass of rock overhanging a fault plane. Definition of hanging wall.