It is the inclination of the fault plane that is vertical.
Hanging wall block geology.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.
Cirques tarns u shaped valleys arĂȘtes and horns.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
This situation however is generally found only in cirques cut into flat plateaus.
The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Hanging wall definition of hanging wall.
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Hanging wall and footwall.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
The block below the fault plane or in other words beneath the fault plane 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.
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Hanging wall and footwall.
This terminology comes from mining.
The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured.
In fault block below is called the footwall.