What is endogenic process?

An endogenic process is a geological process that is formed, originated, and located below
the surface of the earth. Most of the endogenic processes are folding and faulting. These are the
reasons behind major landform features.

These are only endogenic processes which are highly responsible for earthquake and major volcanic
activities.

An endogenic process is something that occurs underneath the earth’s surface. A lot of people do
not realize that the earth is constantly moving. We are just so accustomed to it that we do not feel it
anymore. The earth’s movement may be brought about by the energy that comes from the interior of
the earth. There are different endogenous processes that occur such as folding, faulting, and
volcanism.
These are the processes that allow the various landforms on earth to form. The next time that you
see mountains and volcanoes, you will realize that an endogenous process has occurred to make
the landform appear on earth. This is a fascinating fact, don’t you think?

Endogenic processes originate below the Earth's surface; particularly applied to Earth movements
(by faulting and earthquakes) and volcanic activity. By contrast, exogenous processes come from
forces on or above the Earth's surface. Endo is a prefix meaning "in" while Exo is a prefix meaning
"out". The Earth is shaped by many different geological processes.

The forces that cause these processes come from both above and beneath the Earth's surface.
There are three main endogenous processes: folding, faulting and volcanism. They take place
mainly along the plate boundaries, which are the zones that lay on the edges of plates. These zones
are weak. Endogenous processes cause many major landform features
Tectonics-large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.

Continental drift was a theory that explained howcontinents shift position on Earth's
surface. Set forth in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, a geophysicist and meteorologist, continental
drift also explained why look-alike animal and plant fossils, and similar rock formations, are
found on different continents.

tectonic boundary. In the theory of plate tectonics, a boundary between two or

more plates. The plates can be moving toward each other (at convergent plate
boundaries), away from each other (at divergent plate boundaries), or past each other (at
transform faults).

A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
One plate eventually slides beneath the other causing a process known as subduction.
Oceanic-Continental Convergence
This type of convergent boundary happens where an oceanic plate and
acontinental plate push together causing the oceanic plate to be forced under
thecontinental plate into the mantle because the oceanic plate is thinner.
When continental and oceanic plates collide, the thinner and more dense oceanicplate
is overridden by the thicker and less dense continental plate. The oceanic plate is
forced down into the mantle in a process known as "subduction."ossibilities is
discussed in adifferent concept
Continent-continent convergence creates some of the world’s largest mountains ranges.
Magma cannot penetrate this thick crust, so there are no volcanoes, although the
magma stays in the crust. Metamorphic rocks are common because of the stress the
continental crust experiences. With enormous slabs of crust smashing together,
continent-continent collisions bring on numerous and large earthquakes.
A short animation of the Indian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate:
In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergentplate boundary (also known as a
constructiveboundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists
between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
A transform fault or transform boundary is a plateboundary where the motion is
predominantly horizontal. It ends abruptly and is connected to another transform, a spreading
ridge, or a subduction zone.
Seafloor spreading

Seafloor spreading is a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's

lithosphere—split apart from each other.

de·for·ma·tion
the action or process of changing in shape or distorting, especially through the
application of pressure.
the result of a distorting process.
"the deformation will be temporary

Folding. A fold is a bend in the rock strata. Folding: Is a type of earth movement resulting from
the horizontal compression of rock layers by internal forces of the earth along plate boundaries.
A upfold are termed as anticlines. The downfolds are termed synclines.

A fault is a crack in the Earth's crust. Typically, faultsare associated with, or form, the
boundaries betweenEarth's tectonic plates. In an active fault, the pieces of
the Earth's crust along a fault move over time. The moving rocks can cause
earthquakes.
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