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Hanging wall   /hˈæŋɪŋ wɔl/   Listen
Hanging wall

noun
1.
The upper wall of an inclined fault.





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... in sufficient alignment to permit the continuous flow of material down past the various levels. In order that the winzes should deliver timber and filling to the most advantageous points, they should, in dipping ore-bodies, be as far as possible on the hanging wall side. ...
— Principles of Mining - Valuation, Organization and Administration • Herbert C. Hoover


Words linked to "Hanging wall" :   inclined fault, wall


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