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

  • Anya J. Crocker (Creator)
  • B D A Naafs (Creator)
  • Thomas Westerhold (Creator)
  • Rachael H. James (University of Southampton) (Creator)
  • Matthew J. Cooper (Creator)
  • Ursula Röhl (Creator)
  • Rich D Pancost (Creator)
  • Chuang Xuan (Creator)
  • Colin P. Osborne (Creator)
  • David J. Beerling (Creator)
  • Paul A. Wilson (Creator)

Dataset

Description

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
Date made available25 Jun 2022
PublisherZenodo

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