The Favignana Calcarenite: Sedimentology and Architecture of the Pleistocene Biocalcarenite Complex of Favignana, Egadi Islands, Italy

The Pleistocene biocalcarenite complex of Favignana Island consists of coarse-grained, resedimented cool-water carbonate sands composed of skeletal debris of red algae, bryozoans, echinoids, foraminifera, bivalves and rhodoids. Dozens of excellent exposures of the Favignana Calcarenite encompass sedimentary structures which originated from the...