A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate ...

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

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

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 ...

When the plates finally collided, their edges crumpled and rose, forming the Zagros Mountains. But the story doesn’t quite end there – the team of researchers behind the new study has examined ...

TEHRAN - The tourism directorates of Kermanshah, Lorestan, and Hamedan provinces have initiated the first step in seeking ...

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 ...

The Governor of Shush has emphasized the importance of promoting the city’s rich cultural heritage and announced plans to ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface ...

An international research team has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent over the last ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the ...