Discussion
The hanging wall of a fault is the block lying
Answer: A
Correct answer: above the fault plane
On an inclined fault plane, the block resting above it is the hanging wall and the one beneath is the foot wall - names taken from mining, where a miner working the plane would hang his lamp on the block above and stand on the one below. The distinction is what defines the fault types: the hanging wall moves down in a normal fault and up in a reverse fault.
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