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. et al. Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago. Nat. Geosci. (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 n-alkanes

Strontium and neodymium isotopic signatures of lithogenic material

Lithogenic grain size distributions and end member compositions

Splice and age model information