Ancient mountains

[FlxLandry@aol.com]

Hullo!

On a totally unrelated topic, I  have a little question (ah, yes, like in the 
old times; oh, I just should go to  sleep :-). Do we have any knowledge about 
ancient mountain ranges (let's say  mesozoic ones, just not to be off topic)? 
Things like localization and  orientation, local climate, fauna and flora? 
Can we estimate ancient mountain  heights? Any ref (pdf???) on this topic?

Thanks in advance

Félix  Landry