Hangende : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

	German	English
	Deckgestein {n}; Deckgebirge {n}; Deckschicht {f}; hangende Schicht {f} [min.]; Hangendes {n} [min.] [geol.]	cap rock; capping bed; capping; overlying rock (mass); overlying layer; overlying stratum; hanging layer; upper wall, lidstone (in iron-ore deposits); uncallow [Br.] [coll.]
	brüchiges Deckgebirge	drawrock
	Abraum eines Tagebaus	rubbish of an open cut
	Abraum über einer Seife	leading
	das Deckgebirge abtragen; abräumen	to strip; to remove the overburden
	Scholle {f} [geol.]	block; fault(ed) block; clod; massif (of earth's crust); raft (in magmatites)
	Schollen {pl}	blocks; fault(ed) blocks; clods; massifs; rafts
	abgesenkte Scholle	downthrow block
	hangende Scholle	downthrow side
	verwerfen {vi} (Tektonik) [geol.]	to fault (down; off); to disturb; to displace
	ins Hangende verwerfen	to cast over; to cast up
	ins Liegende verwerfen	to cast down
	Aufschiebung {f} [geol.]	upfaulting; upthrust; up-thrust-fault; thrust fault; upthrow fault; centrifugal fault; upcast fault; ramp
	Aufschiebung ins Hangende	trap-up