<p>Compared to some other fields in geology, this one actually has immediate practical implications.</p>

<p>By "knowing the history of mountains", you can learn a lot about processes that involve erosion, weathering, seismicity, etc. This is important for risk management and mitigation. Landslides and rockfalls are a significant risk in some countries. There are many ways of studying these processes, one of them being the interpretation of past events: their causes and effects. This is also true for earthquakes (which as you know, move mountains up and down).</p>

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<p>I would like to know if knowing the history(elevation, temperature, etc) of montains has any application, different from killing curiosity of scientist. </p>

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What is the value of calculating the elevation of mountains in the past? (paleoelevation)
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# What is the value of calculating the elevation of mountains in the past? (paleoelevation)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-24)

I would like to know if knowing the history(elevation, temperature, etc) of montains has any application, different from killing curiosity of scientist.

**Tags:** geology, paleogeography, orogeny


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-24. Score: 2

Compared to some other fields in geology, this one actually has immediate practical implications.

By "knowing the history of mountains", you can learn a lot about processes that involve erosion, weathering, seismicity, etc. This is important for risk management and mitigation. Landslides and rockfalls are a significant risk in some countries. There are many ways of studying these processes, one of them being the interpretation of past events: their causes and effects. This is also true for earthquakes (which as you know, move mountains up and down).


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