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The Qur'an draws attention to a very important geological function of
                  mountains.


                           ”We placed firmly embedded mountains on the earth,
                                    so it would not move under them…„

                                              (The Qur'an, 21:31)






                                                Sediment
                  Ocean                                                 Ocean  km
                                                                               - 0
                                                                                    Mountains have
                                                                               -10
                                                                                    roots deep
                                      Continental Crust                        -20
                                                                                    under the
                                                                               -30  surface of the
                                                       Moho
                                                                               -40  ground. (Earth,
                                                                               -50  Press and
                                                                                    Siever, p. 413)
                                     Mantle
                                                     Horizontal distance not to scale
                                                                Russian
                        British Isles N. Germany  Alps  Europe  Platform  Caucasus
                                                                                    Schematic
                                                                                    section.
                                                                                    Mountains, like
                                                                                    pegs, have deep
                                                                                    roots embedded
                                                                                    in the ground.
                                                                                    (Anatomy of the
                                                                                    Earth, Cailleux,
                                                                                    p.220)




                    Mountain range                                                  Another illustration
                                                Erosion
                                                        Deposition  Sea level       shows how
                                                                                    mountains are peg-
                                                                                    like in shape, due to
                                                                                    their deep roots.
                                                                   Mantle           (Earth Science,
                                                                                    Tarbuck and Lutgens,
                                              Mountain root                         p.158)




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