footwall

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von footwall im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: taban kayacı; (Jeoloji) taban duvarı

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von footwall im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall); The mass of rock beneath a fault; The lower contact of an inclined vein, or the wall rock which lies on the lower side of a dipping vein; a mass of rock beneath a geological feature such as a fault or an orebody; The lower contact of an inclined vein, or the wall rock which lies on the lower side of a dipping vein Hangingwall The upper contact of an inclined vein; The block below a fault plane; the lower rock wall in a flat or inclined deposit (as opposed to hanging wall); Opposite wall from the hanging wall; the wall on the lower side of an inclined orebody; the mass of rock beneath a geological structure (orebody, fault, etc ) gangue: valueless rock or mineral material in ore; Of the two sides of a non-vertical fault, the side below the fault plane It is called the footwall because where inactive faults have been "filled in" with mineral deposits and then mined, this is the side on which miners walk (See hanging wall ); the lower wall of an inclined fault

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foot·wall

fûtwôl

/ˈfo͝otˌwôl/ /ˈfʊtˌwɔːl/

[ -"wol ] (noun.) 1860. foot +‎ wall

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