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footwall::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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The two sides of a non-vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
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In reverse, or thrust, faults, relative subsidence may be measured in the footwall.
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Iron-rich solutions precipitated the iron on to a syeniteporphyry footwall.
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By definition, the hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below the fault.
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The hanging wall moves downward, relative to the footwall.
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A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault-the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
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By definition, the hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall all occurs below the fault.
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The hanging wall moves upward, relative to the footwall.
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Graben are produced from parallel normal faults, where the hanging wall is downthrown and the footwall is upthrown.
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- The lower wall of an inclined fault
- In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement. Large faults within the Earth's crust result from the action of tectonic forces. ...
- The underlying side of a fault. If you walked on the fault plane, your foot would be on this wall. See also 'hanging wall'.
- The mass of rock beneath a fault.
- The underlying side of a fault, orebody or stope.
- The part of the country rock that lies below the deposit.
- The rock on the underside of a vein or ore structure.
- The rock immediately underlying a mineral deposit.
