Comparison of locations of coals and evaporites with the predicted areas using simulated temperature and precipitation. (IMAGE)

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Comparison of locations of coals and evaporites with the predicted areas using simulated temperature and precipitation.

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(a) Global distribution of peats at present, (b) global distribution of coals at 200 Ma, (c) global distribution of evaporites at present, and (d) global distribution of evaporites at 160 Ma. Black dots denote coals, and red dots denote evaporites. Pink regions denote >80% of coal and evaporite records that can be predicted with the temperature and precipitation criteria.

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