foot wall

English - Turkish

Definition of foot wall in English Turkish dictionary: ayak duvarı, taban duvarı; (İnşaat,Madencilik) taban duvarı; ayak duvarı; topuk duvarı
footwall: taban kayacı
footwall: (Jeoloji) taban duvarı

English - English

Definition of foot wall in English English dictionary
footwall: The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall)
footwall: The mass of rock beneath a fault
footwall: The lower contact of an inclined vein, or the wall rock which lies on the lower side of a dipping vein
footwall: a mass of rock beneath a geological feature such as a fault or an orebody
footwall: 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
footwall: The block below a fault plane
footwall: the lower rock wall in a flat or inclined deposit (as opposed to hanging wall)
footwall: Opposite wall from the hanging wall; the wall on the lower side of an inclined orebody
footwall: the mass of rock beneath a geological structure (orebody, fault, etc ) gangue: valueless rock or mineral material in ore
footwall: 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 )
footwall: the lower wall of an inclined fault