hanging wall

基本解释

A vertical fault has neither a footwall nor a hanging wall.
具有直立断层面的断层既无上盘，也无下盘。
The hanging wall block is relatively little disturbed, but the ore zone beneath bears abundant evidence of tangential movements .
上盘岩块相对地变动不大，而其下的矿石带却具有许多切线运动的证据。
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Fault plane divides faulted rock into two blocks. the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall; the block below the fault plane is named footwall .
断层面将发生断层的岩石分隔成两个岩块，我们将位于断层面之上的岩块叫做上盘，而将位于断层面之下的岩块称为下盘。

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the rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane or mineral vein &rarrcompare footwall