Global monsoon domains (IMAGE)

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Global monsoon domains

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Left panel: 240 Ma; middle panel: 80 Ma; right panel: the preindustrial (PI) era. Green shading marks monsoon domains, with the color representing the annual precipitation amount (color bar interval is 300 mm yr–1). Yellow shading denotes dry areas. Black and red dots denote coal and land evaporites, respectively. Continents are labeled in gray.

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