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It slips downward when movement occurs along a normal fault
It occurs when the fault is at an angle
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How does a fault block mountain work?
there is a foot wall and a hanging wall the hanging wall slips
What is the foot wall and hanging wall?
a hanging wall is the pieces or rock that that forms the upper half of a fault.
When a hanging wall moves up to the footwall it is a?
reverse fault. but that is when the foot wall moves down, the hanging wall moves up. in a strike-slip fault, they slide past each other, the foot wall and hanging wall are not there because it has to be like this to be a reverse or normal fault: hanging wall ----------foot wall ----------- in this diagram, the foot wall has moved down making the hanging wall move up to form a reverse fault. remember this on tests: the hanging wall is always above the fault line: /hanging wall above foot wall below / /
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.
Is true about a hanging wall?
It slips downward when movement occurs along a normal faultIt occurs when the fault is at an angle
How would you classify a fault in which the foot wall has slid over the hanging wall?
you would call it a normal fault because the hanging wall goes down and the foot wall goes up and over the hanging wall.
Why is a hanging wall called a hanging wall?
because the dry wall isn't suposesd to go all the way to the ground
Is a hanging wall the same foot wall?
no
What is a wall hanging with pictorial designs?
ar·ras (rs) n. pl. arras1. A wall hanging; a tapestry.2. A curtain or wall hanging, especially one of Flemish origin.
In a reverse fault where does the hanging wall move relative of the foot wall?
thrust
What is the difference between a hanging wall and a foot wall?
hanging wall - above one's head, foot wall - below one feet (mining definition)
How does the hanging wall in a normal fault move in relation to a reverse fault?
A normal fault is a fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
