The block below is called the footwall.
In a fault the hanging wall is below the footwall.
Faults may be vertical horizontal or inclined at any angle.
The block below is called the footwall.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
The footwall block above an inclined fault plane moves upward relative to the other.
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.
A wall of water.
In a normal fault.
A wall of smoke.
Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
The footwall block below an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other block c.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
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.
This terminology comes from mining.
The hanging wall block above an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other d.
Hanging wall and footwall.
A wall of prejudice.
The hanging wall block below an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other b.
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.