English: Approximate positions of the continents in the early Carboniferous (c. 348 Ma). AM. Amuria; AN. Annamia; AT. Alexander terrane; ATA. Armorican Terrane Assemblage; K. Kazakhstania; MO. Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean; NC. North China; OuO. Ouachita orogen; SC. South China; SP. South Patagonia; T. Tarim; UrO. Uralian orogen; VaO. Variscan orogen; YTQ. Yukon-Tanana and Quesnellia terranes. Plate boundaries: red - subduction; white - ridges; yellow - transform.
Literature used to make this map:
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