footwall

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الإنجليزية - التركية
taban kayacı
(Jeoloji) taban duvarı
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
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
footwall

    الواصلة

    foot·wall

    التركية النطق

    fûtwôl

    النطق

    /ˈfo͝otˌwôl/ /ˈfʊtˌwɔːl/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    [ -"wol ] (noun.) 1860. foot +‎ wall
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