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What is a block of rock above a fault?
A hanging wall.
The block of rock below a fault is called what?
This is known as the foot wall of the fault.
What is a sentence for fault block mountain?
Fault block mountain can be high.
What are fault block plateaus?
fault block plateaus are formed when a large block of earth is uplifted
The location on the surface of the earth immediately above the origin of a fault is called?
The block of rock below a fault is the "footwall" if you are referring to geology/earthquake terms.
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 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.
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.
What is a block of rock above a fault?
A hanging wall.
What is a block of rock that lies above the fault?
sedimentary rocks lie above the ground
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 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 the block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault is called what?
footwall
What is the block of rock that forms a lower half of a fault?
The footwall
What are fault block?
fault block plateaus are formed when a large block of earth is uplifted
