11-12-2006, 06:20 PM
Quote:i.e. one that exists only on the surface of the earth and does not have roots.
So, the link I provided explains exactly what mountain roots are and how they come about. It actually goes into a fair amount of detail for a layman in geology (which I'll wager most of us here are). If you maintain that the claims on the website (which cites textbooks and gives references) are wrong, then you'll have to explain why.
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Sorry for my ignorance but when I seek authoritative information of science, I’ll look for peer reviewed data by actual scientists, not interpretation of holy text by non-scientists.
You would do yourself a huge favor by looking here:
http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quak...pscript/home.pl.
You might be surprised to learn that most seismic activity takes place in the mountainous areas. Strange, eh?