Usually means: Block above fault during movement.
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  3. hanging wall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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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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