By definition the hanging wall occurs above the fault and the.
Footwall block and hanging wall block.
In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
Identify the type of fault illustrated by each photo and describe the type of stress that produced it.
Label the hanging wall block and the footwall block on each of the faults illustrated in figure 1.
On each photo draw arrows showing the relative movement on each side of the fault.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are called the hanging wall and footwall.
The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.
The hanging wall block has moved up in relation.
Hanging wall block and footwall block the rock immediately above a fault surface is the hanging wall block and the one below is the footwall block.
A downthrown block between two normal faults dipping towards each other is a graben.
The footwall is the block that is below the fault.
The hanging wall is the fault block that is above the fault.
An upthrown block between two normal faults dipping away from each other is a horst.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.