In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
Faults foot wall hanging wall definition.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
Hanging wall definition is the upper or overhanging wall of an inclined vein fault or other geologic structure opposed to footwall.
The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
This situation however is generally found only in cirques cut into flat plateaus.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Cirques tarns u shaped valleys arĂȘtes and horns.
Hanging wall and footwall.
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This terminology comes from mining.