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Acknowledgements

The research project that I have been working on for the past year could not have been realised without
the support from quite a number of people. Starting with the people that were not directly involved in
the project, but who have been helpful in the last couple of months. I would like to thank Anouk, my
family and my fellow students for their support and ’gezelligheid’.
From people that were involved in this study, I would like to thank my thesis supervisor Andrea Moscariello.
His enthusiasm for the project is inspiring, and his suggestions have been very useful. Beside, his network
on Favignana and Italian language skills opened many doors that would have remained closed to ’outsiders’.
The fieldwork is made possible by the Molengraaff fund. Their contributions to geological research
projects are very valuable and therefore I’d like to acknowledge the board of the Molengraaff fund for the
granted subsidy. Furthermore, the use of Petrel would not have been possible without the generosity of
Schlumberger for providing the licences.
For all their ideas in the field considering sediment transport and the conceptual geological environment,
I’d like to acknowledge Poppe de Boer, Joris Eggenhuisen and Arnoud Slootman from the University of
Utrecht. Most of them have also been on Favignana during my two visits, and their contributions have
been very helpful. Another person who generously shared her experience in examining the thin sections
is Xiomara Marquez from Shell.
The handling of the samples was challenging due to the brittle rock properties, therefore my thanks to
Dick Delforterie for his expertise in making the thin sections and the plugs. The unusually permeable
samples required an alternative experimental set-up. Wim Verwaal and Karel Heller, thank you for the
effort in making this work properly.
For his extremely useful contribution to this project in the form of detailed (digital) maps of Favignana,
I would like to thank Paolo D’Angelo from the Area Marinara Protetta delle Isole Egadi. These maps
made the creation of an up-to-date and accurate model of the island a more convenient.
Last but not least, after a long day in the field the doors of Amici del Mare were always wide open. Rino,
Uccio and the rest of the staff, thank you for the hospitality, the delicious food and the only available
(internet)connection to the outside world during Favignana’s quiet winter period.

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