An Orbital-Scale Reconstruction of North African Rainfall and Vegetation Changes, 3.3-2.5 Ma, Using Compound-Specific Leaf Wax Biomarker Stable Isotope Records from ODP Site 659

Bryce Mitsunaga1, Amy Jewell2, Solana Buchanan3, Anya J Crocker2, Timothy Herbert1 and James M Russell4, (1)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States, (2)University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)Rice University, Department of Chemistry, Houston, TX, United States, (4)Brown University, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States