Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2479-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2479-2021
Research article
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03 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 03 Nov 2021

Detrital zircon provenance record of the Zagros mountain building from the Neotethys obduction to the Arabia–Eurasia collision, NW Zagros fold–thrust belt, Kurdistan region of Iraq

Renas I. Koshnaw, Fritz Schlunegger, and Daniel F. Stockli

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As continental plates collide, mountain belts grow. This study investigated the provenance of rocks from the northwestern segment of the Zagros mountain belt to unravel the convergence history of the Arabian and Eurasian plates. Provenance data synthesis and field relationships suggest that the Zagros Mountains developed as a result of the oceanic crust emplacement on the Arabian continental plate, followed by the Arabia–Eurasia collision and later uplift of the broader region.