In a normal fault.
In a fault the hanging wall is below the footwall.
Faults may be vertical horizontal or inclined at any angle.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
The footwall block below an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other block c.
The hanging wall block above an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other d.
When rocks slip past each other in faulting the upper or overlying block along the fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
A wall of prejudice.
A wall of water.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
Although the angle of inclination of a specific fault plane tends to be relatively uniform it may differ considerably along its length from place to place.
Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
The block below is called the footwall.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
Footwall the lower 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.
The footwall block above an inclined fault plane moves upward relative to the other.
Hanging wall and footwall.
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.
The block below is called the footwall.
A wall of smoke.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.