Figures & data
Figure 1. Lithological sketch of Sicily region. 1 – Recent alluvial deposits and beaches (Holocene); 2 – Dunes and eolian deposits (Holocene–Pleistocene); 3 – Fluvial and fluvio-lacustrine terraced deposits (Pleistocene); 4 – Volcanic and pyroclastic rocks (Neogene–Holocene); 5 – Detrital limestone and beach deposits (Pliocene–Pleistocene); 6 – Marine sands and conglomerates (Pliocene–Pleistocene); 7 – Marine clays, silty clays, and marls with evaporites (Miocene–Pleistocene); 8 – Marls sandstone and arenaceous-pelitic flysches (Miocene); 9 – Biocalcarenites, limestones, and marls (Paleogene–Miocene); 10 – Arenaceous flysches (Paleogene); 11 – Clayey-calcareous flysches (Cretaceous–Paleogene); 12 – Limestones, dolonstones, marls, and calcareous flysches (Permian–Jurassic); 13 – Phyllites, schists, gneiss, and quartzite, from low- to high-grade metamorphic, of Calabride–Peloritan unit (Triassic–Jurassic).
Figure 2. Terraced slopes along the Alcantara valley (northern slopes of Etna volcano).
Figure 3. Vineyards in the Dirillo river valley in the southern coast (Gela gulf). In the background, the flat surface of the marine terrace is clearly visible.
Figure 4. Rural landscape of the inland hills on marine clays and silty clays, in the right side of the Belice river valley (Trapani). The gentle slopes are dissected by small valleys and they are characterized by diffuse erosion (gully erosion on the left of the picture) and small shallow landslides.
Figure 5. Structural surface of the monoclinal step-like fold in the limestone of Monte Scorace, near Trapani.
