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What does endogenic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (geology) Originating within the earth; endogenous or endogenetic
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Generally, at the megascale, the largest scale of investigation, landforms result primarily from endogenic processes associated with plate tectonics.
There are no common stable gaseous forms of phosphorus, so the phosphorus cycle is endogenic without an atmospheric component.
Because block-fault mountains are of endogenic origin, they may occur in and experience a variety of denudational environments.
Its expression is epitomized by the surface of objects such as the Moon and the planet Mercury, where the near absence of endogenic tectonic forces has left impact effects most intact.
There, he developed his lateral secretionist theories which have played an important role in understanding the formation and interpretation of endogenic haloes around some types of mineral deposits.
This is further aggravated by the high rate of spontaneous mutations of the HC virus, which causes problems for the endogenic immune system.

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