This situation however is generally found only in cirques cut into flat plateaus.
Hanging wall mining definition.
The ore is mined in horizontal or slightly inclined slices and then filled with waste rock sand or tailings.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
The rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein meaning pronunciation translations and examples.
In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
Cirques tarns u shaped valleys arĂȘtes and horns.
Hanging wall and footwall.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
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This terminology comes from mining.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.