Footwall

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
FW
Pronunciation
/ˈfʊtˌwɔl/
Category
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Examples in Context

  1. The platform deposits and rocks in their footwall are affected by fault tectonics.
  2. If a fault has a vertical fault plane. How do we determine its hanging wall and footwall?
  3. Combining with the midsection haulage system reformation, the " V " type working face overall mining method, which draws ore from the bottom of footwall circle haulage laneway, is proposed.
  4. The greatest height of footwall cutting is determined through the theoretical analysis of cut-off grade method and breakeven point method.
  5. In structural geology the relative movement of the banging wait and footwall is a major factor to classify various faults.

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