The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
In a fault the hanging wall.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
Normal fractures in rock with no offset where there has been no motion are called.
This terminology comes from mining.
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Hanging wall and footwall.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
This is true of normal faults.
The block below is called the footwall.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.