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.
In a normal fault the hanging wall block below.
If the hanging wall drops relative to the footwall you have a normal fault.
Faults may be vertical horizontal or inclined at any angle.
In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
An upthrown block between two normal faults dipping away from each other is a horst.
When rocks slip past each other in faulting the upper or overlying block along the fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
The term footwall is derived from miners finding mineral deposits where inactive faults have been filled in with mineral deposits at their feet.
In a normal fault.
A the hanging wall block below an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other block.
Low angle normal faults with regional tectonic significance may be designated detachment faults.
In a normal fault see animation below the fault plane is nearly vertical.
These faults occur where the crust is being pulled apart at a.
The footwall in turn pushes up against the hanging wall.
It is that simple.
The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.
The hanging wall the block of rock positioned above the plane pushes down across the footwall which is the block of rock below the plane.
The fault plane is where the action is.
Footwall where miners find mineral deposits a normal fault will have a hanging wall and a footwall.
The hanging wall block above an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other d.
The block below is called the footwall.
A downthrown block between two normal faults dipping towards each other is a graben.
Strike slip faults are vertical and thus do not have hanging walls or footwalls.
The block below your feet is the footwall and the one upon which you would hang your miner s lamp is the hanging wall.
The footwall block below an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other block c.
In a normal fault.
Normal fault with the fault blocks on the right dropping downward myrna martin footwalls and hanging walls.
The hanging wall block below an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other b.
The footwall block above an inclined fault plane moves upward relative to the other.
C the hanging wall block above an inclined fault plane moves downward relative to the other block.
The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace.
