The data are measurements of leaf wax n-alkane compound abundance and associated metrics of compound distribution, leaf wax n-alkane compound specific carbon isotope measurements, and pollen abundance from sediments of Ocean Drilling Program core 763A from the Exmouth Plateau off north-west Australia. From these data, aspects of late Cenozoic paleovegetation were reconstructed, with a particular focus on the onset of C4 vegetation expansion in the region.
Supplement to: Andrae, Jake William; McInerney, Francesca A; Polissar, Pratigya J; Sniderman, J M Kale; Howard, Sian; Hall, Philip Anthony; Phelps, Samuel (2018): Initial expansion of C4 vegetation in Australia during the late Pliocene. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(10), 4831-4840