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This is known as the foot wall of the fault.
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What is a block of rock that lies below the plane of a fault?
Foot wall
What is a block of rock above a fault?
A hanging wall.
When the rock above a fault plane moves up ward relative to the rock below a fault has occurred?
reverse fault
What do you call a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another?
A fault.
What is the word for the half of a fault that lies below?
The section of rock that lies below a fault is called the footwall.
What types of fault is formed when plates diverge or pull apart?
Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing hanging walls. In a normal fault, the fault is at an angle, so one block of rock lies above the fault while the other block lies below the fault. The block of rock that lies above is called the hanging wall. The rock that lies below is called the footwall.
The block of rock below a fault line is called what?
This is known as the foot wall of the fault.
What type of fault is formed when plates diverge or apart?
Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing hanging walls. In a normal fault, the fault is at an angle, so one block of rock lies above the fault while the other block lies below the fault. The block of rock that lies above is called the hanging wall. The rock that lies below is called the footwall.
What is a block of below a fault?
The block of rock below a fault is the "footwall" if you are referring to geology/earthquake terms.
Block of rock below a fault?
footwall
What is a block of a rock that forms the lower half of a fault?
This block of rock is called a footwall.
What is a block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault?
This block of rock is called a footwall.
What is a block of rock that lies below the plane of a fault?
Foot wall
What is the block of rock that forms a lower half of a fault?
The footwall
What is the block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault is called what?
footwall
What fault rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface?
This kind of fault is called a normal fault and is usually a sign of crustal extension.
What is a block of rock above a fault?
A hanging wall.
