endogenic
Speech parts
1. endogenic - Adjective
2. endogenic - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth
derived or originating internally
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endogenic rocks are not clastic
Among Uranian moons Umbriel was least subjected to endogenic resurfacing processes, although it may like other Uranian moons have experienced a very early resurfacing event.
However, the presence of canyons suggests early endogenic processes, and the moon may have undergone an early endogenically driven resurfacing event that obliterated its older surface.
Its presence would explain the lack of any signs of the endogenic activity on the Callistoan surface.
The vast majority of surface features on Triton are endogenic —the result of internal geological processes rather than external processes such as impacts.