title: Summertime conditions of a muddy estuarine environment: the EsCoSed project contribution.
abstract: As part of the Estuarine Cohesive Sediments (EsCoSed) project, a field experiment was performed in a highly engineered environment, acting as a natural laboratory, to study the physico-chemical properties of estuarine sediments and the associated hydro-morphodynamics during different seasons. The present contribution focuses on the results obtained from the summertime monitoring of the most downstream part of the Misa River (Senigallia, Italy). The measured hydrodynamics suggested a strong interaction between river current, wave forcing and tidal motion; flow velocities, affected by wind waves traveling upstream, changed significantly along the water column in both direction and magnitude. Surficial salinities in the estuary were low in the upper reaches of the estuary and exceeded 10 psu before the river mouth. Montmorillonite dominated the clay mineral assemblage, suggesting that large, low density flocs with high settling velocities (>1 mm s(-1)) may dominate the suspended aggregate materials.
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of ICEA, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy E-mail: m.postacchini@univpm.it.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brocchini
authors.affiliation: Marine Geosciences Division, Maval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS 39556, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Calantoni
authors.affiliation: Marine Geosciences Division, Maval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS 39556, USA.
authors.forename: Allen H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of ICEA, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy E-mail: m.postacchini@univpm.it.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Postacchini
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of ICEA, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy E-mail: m.postacchini@univpm.it.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lorenzoni
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of ISVA, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy.
authors.forename: Aniello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of ICEA, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy E-mail: m.postacchini@univpm.it.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mancinelli
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of ICEA, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy E-mail: m.postacchini@univpm.it.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corvaro
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of SIMAU, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy.
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moriconi
authors.affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of ICEA, via Brecce Bianche 12, Ancona, 60131, Italy E-mail: m.postacchini@univpm.it.
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soldini
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D063366:Estuaries; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D007558:Italy; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012621:Seasons; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014872:Water Movements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water