Translation of "footwall" into German

Liegende, Liegendes are the top translations of "footwall" into German.

footwall noun grammar

(geology) The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall). [..]

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  • Liegende

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    The footwall consists of an old basement complex (the Nanga Parbat gneisses) overlain by a distinct suite of metasediments now at amphibolite facies.

    Das Liegende der Hauptüberschiebung besteht aus einem alten Basementkomplex (den Nanga Parbat Gneisen), die von deutlich abgesetzten, amphibolitfaziellen Metasedimenten überlagert werden.

  • Liegendes

    The footwall consists of an old basement complex (the Nanga Parbat gneisses) overlain by a distinct suite of metasediments now at amphibolite facies.

    Das Liegende der Hauptüberschiebung besteht aus einem alten Basementkomplex (den Nanga Parbat Gneisen), die von deutlich abgesetzten, amphibolitfaziellen Metasedimenten überlagert werden.

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