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Iraq’s Zagros Mountains
February 26 , 2025
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- The region surrounding the Zagros Mountains in the Iraq’s north is sinking.
- The Researchers has found a sinking oceanic “slab” below the Earth’s surface is pulling the northern region of Iraq down with it.
- A growing tear is forming in a region along the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates known as the Neo Tethys oceanic slab.
- The slab, which formed the floor of an ancient ocean more than 66 million years ago, is splitting from southeast Turkey to northwest Iran.
- So now, the slab is sinking into the Earth’s mantle.
- This process is complex and takes tens of millions of years.
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