| During the Late Miocene and Pliocene, the Alpine Orogeny produced the Zagros and Oman mountains, creating the structural framework seen today. |
| In the north of the area towards the Main Zagros Reverse Fault, thrusts are dominant. |
| The Arabian Plate is surrounded by spreading and subduction zones in the Red Sea and along the Zagros mountains, respectively. |
| Several other interruptions within the Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Zagros region have long been attributed to epirogeny. |
| In the Kurdish Country of the northeast, the land rises steeply into the Zagros Mountains. |
| The Oman Fault separates the Zagros fold and thrust belt from the Makran accretionary wedge in the east. |
