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Footwall
The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
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noun
- 1
The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
- 2
The under wall of an enclosed vein.
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