hanging wall

See also: hangingwall

English

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Noun

hanging wall (plural hanging walls)

  1. (geology) The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall).
  2. (mining) the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.

References

hanging wall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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