A hilly area surrounding the Zagros Mountains in Iraq is being pulled into the Earth. Understanding why could help predict ...

An international team of researchers from the University of Göttingen found a massive rift extending 1,500 kilometers beneath ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains, the Neotethys plate is tearing apart, dragging Earth's crust downward. This shift may ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

This is a satellite view of the Zagros mountain belt in western Iran. The range forms part of the most extensive belt of water-soluble gypsum on Earth, stretching from Oman to Pakistan ...

Researchers at the University of Göttingen discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate beneath the Arabian and Eurasian ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate is breaking off horizontally with a tear progressively lengthening from Turkey to Iran.

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. The peaks of the Zagros mountain range are still dusted with snow. Long, twisting roads draw lines over the valleys ...

A view of the Zagros mountains in Iran, where an oceanic plate is tearing apart. . | Credit: Allan Baxter via Getty Images A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down ...

Oceanic plate between Arabian and Eurasian continental plates is breaking away Research team investigates influence of Zagros Mountains on bending Earth's surface Date: January 29, 2025 Source ...