Their research has revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth's surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate—the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents—is ...

The continental portion of the Arabian plate, which underpins modern-day Iraq and Saudi Arabia, was dragged behind, resulting in a collision with Eurasia. This collision created mountains ...

is an active tectonic region where the Arabian Plate is subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate. This research employs advanced 3-D thermal modeling to analyze the thermal state of the subducting ...