Influence of distributary channels on sediment and organic matter supply in event-dominated coastal margins: the Po prodelta as a study case (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Influence of distributary channels on sediment and organic matter supply in event-dominated coastal margins: the Po prodelta as a study case (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.5194/bg-8-365-2011 (literal)
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  • Tesi, T. ab , Miserocchi, S. a, Goñi, M.A. b, Turchetto, M. c, Langone, L. a, De Lazzari, A. c, Albertazzi, S. a, Correggiari, A (2011)
    Influence of distributary channels on sediment and organic matter supply in event-dominated coastal margins: the Po prodelta as a study case
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  • Tesi, T. ab , Miserocchi, S. a, Goñi, M.A. b, Turchetto, M. c, Langone, L. a, De Lazzari, A. c, Albertazzi, S. a, Correggiari, A (literal)
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  • Tesi, T. ab , Miserocchi, S. a, Goñi, M.A. b, Turchetto, M. c, Langone, L. a, De Lazzari, A. c, Albertazzi, S. a, Correggiari, A. (literal)
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  • Influence of distributary channels on sediment and organic matter supply in event-dominated coastal margins: the Po prodelta as a study case (literal)
Abstract
  • From November 2008 through May 2009, the Po river (Italy) experienced several floods exceeding 5000 m(3) s(-1). This long series of events ended with a large flood in early May 2009 (similar to 8000 m(3) s(-1)). An event-response sampling was carried out in the Po prodelta in April-May 2009 to characterize the preservation of this series of floods in the sediment record and to describe the event-supply and deposition of riverborne particulate material during the May 2009 flood. The water sampling was carried out early in the event under conditions of moderate river flow (similar to 5000 m(3) s(-1)) and 24 h later during the peak discharge (similar to 8000 m(3) s(-1)). Sediment cores were collected in the prodelta before and after the peak flood. At each station, profiles of conductivity, transmittance, and fluorescence were acquired. Surface and bottom waters were sampled to collect sediments in suspension. In addition, a few days before the May 2009 event, suspended sediments were collected at Pontelagoscuro gauging station, similar to 90 km upstream from the coast. Biogeochemical compositions and sedimentological characteristics of suspended and sediment samples were investigated using bulk and biomarker analyses. Furthermore, (7)Be and radiographs were used to analyze the internal stratigraphy of sediment cores. During moderate flow, the water column did not show evidence of plume penetration. Stations re-occupied 24 h later exhibited marked physical and biogeochemical changes during the peak flood. However, the concentration of terrestrially-derived material in surface waters was still less than expected. These results suggested that, since material enters the Adriatic as buoyancy-driven flow with a reduced transport capacity, settling and flocculation processes result in trapping a significant fraction of land-derived material in shallow sediments and/or within distributary channels. Although numerous discharge peaks occurred from November 2008 through April 2009 (4000-6000 m(3) s(-1)), sediment cores collected in late April 2009 showed lack of event-strata preservation and reduced (7)Be penetrations. This suggested that only a small fraction of the sediment supply during ordinary events reaches the deepest region of the prodelta (12-20m water depth). As a result, these event-strata have a thickness not sufficient to be preserved in the sediment record because of post-depositional processes that destroy the flood signal. Stations in the northern and central prodelta were reoccupied after the peak of the May 2009 flood. Based on (7)Be and radiographs, we estimated event layers of 17 and 6 cm thickness, respectively. Selective trapping of coarse material occurred in the central prodelta likely because of the geomorphologic setting of the central outlet characterized by an estuary-like mouth. Despite these settling processes, lignin-based parameters indicated that the composition of the terrigenous OC was fairly homogenous throughout the network of channels and between size-fractions (literal)
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