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CG
(a) CG
CCS
C C CCS
C C C C
S C C C
C C
S C
D D CG C(I) C C C C C C C C
C(I)
CG
C G G
N Pole S S C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
D D S S D D C C
S S S S C C
S
S S S S S S S
(I) (I)
C?
C?
Equator C C I I I I I I
I I I I I I I I S Pole
I I I I

Carboniferous

(b) G G

S S S C C
SS S
C
CS
S
N Pole D D S S G G S S C C C C C C
S S G G C C
D D S S
D D D D

I
S C C I C C
S
Equator C C C C C C C C C C I C C
I
I I
I I
S Pole
I C C I I
I C C C C
C C

Permian

Figure 1.3 Wegener’s reconstruction of the continents (Pangea), with paleoclimatic indicators, and paleopoles and
equator for (a) Carboniferous and (b) Permian time. I, ice; C, coal; S, salt; G, gypsum; D, desert sandstone; hatched areas,
arid zones (modified from Wegener, 1929, reproduced from Hallam, 1973a, p. 19, by permission of Oxford University

Press).