what is the scientific study of mountains called ?

Answer 1

Well, there is no name for it specifically. Structural geologists and tectonic geomophologists are the subdiscaplines that study it the most.

Answer 2

There are various terms for the study of different aspects of mountains and their formation: 'geology' is a bit all encompassing and includes so much more, 'plate tectonics' is too but it's at the root of virtually all mountain-building processes (and their subsequent demise). 'Orography' and 'orology' are good terms although not widely used and mean more or less the same thing - 'the study of mountains ' which is I guess what you were after. (from Greek word 'oros' meaning mountain)

Answer 3

Orography - the branch of physical geography involved with the study and mapping of variations in the Earth's surface, including mountains and mountain ranges

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Orogeny or orogenesis deals with exactly how mountains are made, but as far as the actual study of them, there's really nothing specific that deals with just mountains that I know of. Orogeography, as mentioned early is not the study of mountains so much as it is the mapping of them. (hence the name -ography)

Answer 6

Geophysicology

Answer 7

Recently it is starting to be called Tectonics

Answer 8

Geography studies where they are.
Geology studies how they got there and what kind of rocks.

Answer 9

"Orography." Trust me on this... Almost a ph.d. in geography.

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Answer 10

orography