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Greetings, Can anyone clarify for me what is meant by the term "stratigraphic hangingwall"? A quick google search reveals many instances where the phrase is used, but I can't find a definition anywhere. The term looks odd to my eye, since I was taught that stratigraphy refers to the order in which a sequence of rocks (especially sedimentary) was deposited, and that a hangingwall is the set of rocks located above a given fault (e.g. those hanging overhead if one stands in a mine located along along the fault plane). Given those definitions I am at a loss as to what exactly is meant when the one is used as a modifier for the other. Thanks, --Riia ****************************************************** Riia M. Chmielowski Assistant Lecturer, LTU Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: +46 (0)920 492033 Mobile: +46 72-539 07 76 Fax: +46-920-491199 LTU Room: F833 http://ltu-se.academia.edu/RiiaChmielowski Postal address: Luleå University of Technology Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering Division of Geosciences Riia M. Chmielowski SE-971 87 Luleå Sweden ******************************************************