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(a) Homogeneous scour fill showing a large          (b) Scour fill in the San Francesco quarry, in
quantity of bioclasts at the bottom. Erosion       the southern part of Favignana town. The
by wind formed the protruding banks. Ruler         wall is two metres high.
is four metres long.

(c) Tabular cross-stratification. Thickness of      (d) Bottom part of this section in Bue Marino
each bed is ca. one metre.                         shows tabular cross stratification. Ruler of
                                                   approx. two metres for scale.

(e) Large foresets forming a bed of approx.        (f ) Situation in the northern part of Cala Az-
eight metres thick in the Scala Cavallo cliff.      zurra, showing large foresets up to six metres
                                                   high.

Figure 4.8 – Field examples of scour fills, tabular cross-stratification and large foresets.

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