Page 73 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya

Ocean Sediment Ocean
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Continental Crust -30
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Moho
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Mantle
Horizontal distance not to scale
Mountains have roots deep under the surface of the ground. (Frank
Press, and Raymond Siever, Earth, 3rd ed. [San Francisco: W. H.
Freeman & Company: 1982], 413.)

British Isles N. Germany Alps Europe Russian Caucasus
Platform

Schematic section. Mountains, like pegs, have deep roots embedded in the
ground. (Andre Cailleux and J. Moody Stuart, Anatomy of the Earth
[McGraw-Hill Companies: 1968], 220.)

Mountain range Erosion

Deposition Sea level

Mantle

Mountain root

Another illustration shows how mountains are peg-like in shape, due to
their deep roots. (Edward J. Tarbuck and Frederick K. Lutgens, Earth
Science [USA: Macmillan USA: 1993], 158.)

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