This terminology comes from mining.
Footwall and hanging wall in mining.
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Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
Other articles where footwall is discussed.
The footwall is called a footwall drift and drifts driven from the footwall across the ore body are called crosscuts.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
Draw a normal and reverse fault label the hanging wall and footwall for each also show how they move for each fault.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Cibaliung underground gold mine applies cut and fill mining method to optimize ore production and maintain underground stability.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall.
Ore body is called the footwall.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
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A ramp is also a type of drift.