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A hanging wall.
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The block of rock below a fault is called what?
This is known as the foot wall of the fault.
When the rock above a fault plane moves up ward relative to the rock below a fault has occurred?
reverse fault
This type of fault occurs when rock above the fault moves upward at the fault line?
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 a block of rock that lies below the plane of a fault?
Foot wall
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.
What is a block of rock that lies above the fault?
sedimentary rocks lie above the ground
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 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 below a fault?
The block of rock below a fault is the "footwall" if you are referring to geology/earthquake terms.
How is the hanging wall different from the footwall?
The footwall is the block that is below the fault. The hanging wall is the fault block that is above the fault.
Block of rock below a fault?
footwall
The block of rock below a fault is called what?
This is known as the foot wall of the fault.
The block of rock below a fault line is called what?
This is known as the foot wall of the fault.
What can the movement of huge blocks of rock along a fault produce?
Fault block mountain
What can the movement of huge blocks of rock along a fault can produce?
Fault block mountain
