When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
Faults foot wall hanging wall definition.
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Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
Cirques tarns u shaped valleys arĂȘtes and horns.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
This situation however is generally found only in cirques cut into flat plateaus.
Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
Hanging wall and footwall.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.