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Understanding Endogenic Processes in Geology

Endogenic processes are geological activities occurring beneath the Earth's surface, driven by internal energy that causes ground movement. These processes include folding and faulting, primarily along tectonic plate boundaries, leading to the creation and destruction of landforms. Faulting can result in various landforms such as block mountains and rift valleys, and is categorized into normal, reverse, and tear faults based on the forces involved.

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Understanding Endogenic Processes in Geology

Endogenic processes are geological activities occurring beneath the Earth's surface, driven by internal energy that causes ground movement. These processes include folding and faulting, primarily along tectonic plate boundaries, leading to the creation and destruction of landforms. Faulting can result in various landforms such as block mountains and rift valleys, and is categorized into normal, reverse, and tear faults based on the forces involved.

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WHAT IS ENDOGENIC PROCESSES?

➤ Endogenic Processes are geological processes that occur beneath the surface of the Earth.

➤ It is associated with energy originating in the interior of the solid earth.

➤ The ground we live on is moving all the time. The Forces within the earth that cause the ground to
move are called ENDOGENIC FORCES.

HOW DOES ENDOGENIC PROCESS WORKS?

➤ When the ground moves, Rock layers at the surface of the earth are broken, twisted and shaken.

➤ Land is destroyed in many places and created in other places.

➤ When the land is shaped by Endogenic Forces we call this ENDOGENIC PROCESSES.

THE MAIN ENDOGENIC PROCESS

➤ The Main Endogenic Processes are FOLDING & FAULTING or Tectonic Movements.

➤ They take place mainly along the plate boundaries, which are the zones that are not stable.

➤ Endogenic processes cause many major landform features.


FOLDING

➤ When two forces push towards each other from opposite sides, the rock layers will bend into folds.

➤ The process by which folds are formed are due to compressional forces known as folding.

► There are large-scale and small-scale folds. Large- scale folds are found mainly along destructive plate
boundaries.

FAULTING

➤ Faulting is the fracturing and displacement of more brittle rock strata along a fault plane either
caused by tension or compression.

➤ A break in rock along which a vertical or horizontal rock movement has occurred is called a fault.

➤ The process of forming a fault is faulting.

➤ The line of fault which appears on land surface is known as fault line.

➤ These lines are often lines of weakness which allow molten rock to rise up onto the earth surface
when there is active volcanic activity nearby.

TYPES OF FAULTING
➤ There are three types of fault which are caused by different endogenic forces:

➤ Normal fault (Convergence)

➤ Remverse fault (Divergence)

➤ Tear fault (Transform)

➤ Faulting forms two major landforms - block mountains and rift valleys.

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