In an ideal cirque the headwall is semicircular in plan view.
Faults foot wall hanging wall definition.
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Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
More common are headwalls angular in map view due to irregularities in height along.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
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.
Hanging wall and footwall.
This situation however is generally found only in cirques cut into flat plateaus.
The overlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
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Other articles where hanging wall is discussed.
An arcuate cliff called the headwall.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
This terminology comes from mining.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.