Footwall Block And Hanging Wall Block

In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
Footwall block and hanging wall block. The footwall is the block that is below the fault. Block below is called the footwall. A downthrown block between two normal faults dipping towards each other is a graben. The hanging wall is the fault block that is above the fault.
Low angle normal faults with regional tectonic significance may be designated detachment faults. Label the hanging wall block and the footwall block on each of the faults illustrated in figure 1. These names came from miners who excavated ore. An upthrown block between two normal faults dipping away from each other is a horst.
On each photo draw arrows showing the relative movement on each side of the fault. The dip of a fault plane is its angle of inclination measured from the horizontal. The hanging wall block has moved up in relation. By definition the hanging wall occurs above the fault and the.
Hanging wall block and footwall block the rock immediately above a fault surface is the hanging wall block and the one below is the footwall block.