Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago: Dataset

This data is associated with the manuscript: Crocker, A.J., Naafs, B.D.A., Westerhold, T. <em>et al.</em> Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago. <em>Nat. Geosci.</em> (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00990-7 All data are from Ocean Drilling Project (ODP) Site 659 and include: Elemental compositions measured by X-ray fluorescence Dust flux estimates Carbon isotopic signatures of <em>n</em>-alkanes Strontium and neodymium isotopic signatures of lithogenic material Lithogenic grain size distributions and end member compositions Splice and age model information