Iraq is sinking. Or, to be exact, the region surrounding the Zagros Mountains in the country’s north is. A team of ...

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

The Zagros Mountains, stretching over 1,500 kilometers from eastern Turkey to southeastern Iran towards the Gulf of Oman, are ...

This type of turbulence is generally caused when strong winds hit a mountain range (mostly perpendicular) and their flow is ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The Department of Environment in cooperation with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has established ...

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 ...

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

This structural shift is affecting sediment accumulation and seismic activity in the Zagros Mountains region, impacting geological stability, natural resources, and earthquake risks. Researchers ...