Definitions from Wiktionary (hanging wall)
▸ noun: (geology) The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall).
▸ noun: (mining) the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
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▸ noun: (geology) The section of rock that extends above a diagonal fault line (the corresponding lower section being the footwall).
▸ noun: (mining) the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.
Similar:
normal fault,
reverse fault,
hanging valley,
thrust fault,
upfault,
horizontal,
domain wall,
fault line,
faultline,
fault-line,
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