Hanging Wall Plane Definition

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Hanging wall plane definition.

Published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. The american heritage science dictionary copyright 2011. See more at fault. The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.

The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane. To rub away or abrade. The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface. The rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein meaning pronunciation translations and examples log in dictionary.

The block below is called the footwall. A superficial incision in the wall of a. A flat surface determined by the position of three points in space. Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.

See also planing and plastic surgery. A specified level as the plane of anesthesia. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal.