• The red beds of the Tarom Basin are > ∼ 16.2 to < ∼7.6-My-old and are stratigraphically equivalent to the Upper Red Formation • Over the last 38-36 Ma the basin experienced alternating stages of internal and external drainage without being integrated in the plateau • Deep seated processes rather than shortening and thickening are responsible for the vertical growth of the Iranian plateau margin Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as

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