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Geological Formation

Zagros Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

The Zagros Mountains are a major fold and thrust mountain belt stretching roughly one thousand five hundred kilometers from northwestern Iran through southeastern Iraq toward the Strait of Hormuz. The range formed, and continues to form, through the ongoing collision of the Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which has folded and thrust thick layers of sedimentary rock into long, parallel ridges. The foothills of the Zagros hold some of the largest oil and gas reserves in the Middle East, trapped within the range's folded rock structures.

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Associated With

Gypsum, Minerals
Source Zagros Mountains (Wikipedia)
Limestone, Materials
Source Zagros Mountains (Wikipedia)
Miocene, Eras
Source Zagros Mountains (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Folding, Processes
Source Zagros Mountains (Wikipedia)
Orogeny, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Zagros Mountains

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Zagros Mountains
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Found In

Iran

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Source Wikidata: Zagros Mountains
Iraq

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Source Wikidata: Zagros Mountains
Turkey

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Source Wikidata: Zagros Mountains
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Wikidata: Zagros Mountains
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Zagros Mountains (Wikipedia)
  • Associated With: Miocene, Article text, age Miocene
    This collision mainly happened during the Miocene (about 25-5 mya) and folded the entirety of the rocks that had been deposited from the Paleozoic (541-242 mya) to the Cenozoic (66 mya, present) in the passive continental margin on the Arabian Plate.
  • Associated With: Limestone, Article text, rock Limestone
    The mountains are completely of sedimentary origin and are made primarily of limestone.
  • Associated With: Gypsum, Article text, rock Gypsum
    There is also much water-soluble gypsum in the region.
  • Caused By: Folding, Article text, process Folding
    Stresses induced in the Earth's crust by the collision caused extensive folding of the preexisting layered sedimentary rocks.
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