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Fig, 1 a The lOx 1 0 distribution of modern evaporites shown as colored squares representing
the percent coverage of lOx 1 0 grid cells by evaporites. The present coastlines are shown.
The map is a Mollweide Projection centered on the equator and 0 0 longitude. The grid spacing between lines of latitude is 30 0 and 60 0 between the meridians. b lOx 1 0 distribution of
saline pans and saline mud fiats. The evaporites in Australia could also be called saline
lakes. c lOx 1 0 distribution of saline lakes. d lOx 1 0 distribution of marginal marine sabkhas and salinas. There is some overlap between the lOx 1 0 grid cells shown in these diagrams because at the resolution of a lOx 1 0 latitude-longitude grid, the area of each grid cell
is approximately 10000 km 2 • This in some grid cells there is more than one type of evaporite
deposit present.