Sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea)
Abstract By combining real-field observations and theoretical predictions, we describe role and relationships among north-propagating internal solitary waves (ISWs) generated by tidal currents in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea), buoyancy deformation, sediment resuspension, and mixing effects....
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| author | Giovanni La Forgia Riccardo Droghei Martina Pierdomenico Pierpaolo Falco Eleonora Martorelli Alessandro Bergamasco Andrea Bergamasco Federico Falcini |
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| description | Abstract By combining real-field observations and theoretical predictions, we describe role and relationships among north-propagating internal solitary waves (ISWs) generated by tidal currents in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea), buoyancy deformation, sediment resuspension, and mixing effects. In particular, our results show that the presence of ISWs traveling along the Gioia Basin (north of the Strait) is not strictly related to seasonality. During winter, when the remote observation of ISWs from satellite is particularly rare due to the weak water column stratification, we observe elevation-type ISWs from hydrographic data. This finding reveals a different scenario with respect to the summer one, when the high stratified water column gives rise to depression-type north-propagating ISWs and the subsequent sea surface manifestations, detectable from satellite imagery. Moreover, our beam transmission observations and theoretical predictions of the induced near-bottom horizontal velocity suggest that these elevation-type ISWs induce sediment resuspension over the seafloor, as well as mixing effects as they break on the frontal slope nearby Capo Vaticano. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8cf25fa6b4a4106940982835c851ce22023-05-07T11:11:35ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-05-011311910.1038/s41598-023-33704-zSediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea)Giovanni La Forgia0Riccardo Droghei1Martina Pierdomenico2Pierpaolo Falco3Eleonora Martorelli4Alessandro Bergamasco5Andrea Bergamasco6Federico Falcini7University of Cassino and Southern LazioLiceo Scientifico Francesco SeveriInstitute for the Study of Anthropic Impact and Sustainability in the Marine Environment, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IAS-CNR)Marche Polytechnic University, DISVAInstitute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IGAG-CNR)Institute of Marine Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISMAR-CNR)Institute of Marine Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISMAR-CNR)Institute of Marine Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISMAR-CNR)Abstract By combining real-field observations and theoretical predictions, we describe role and relationships among north-propagating internal solitary waves (ISWs) generated by tidal currents in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea), buoyancy deformation, sediment resuspension, and mixing effects. In particular, our results show that the presence of ISWs traveling along the Gioia Basin (north of the Strait) is not strictly related to seasonality. During winter, when the remote observation of ISWs from satellite is particularly rare due to the weak water column stratification, we observe elevation-type ISWs from hydrographic data. This finding reveals a different scenario with respect to the summer one, when the high stratified water column gives rise to depression-type north-propagating ISWs and the subsequent sea surface manifestations, detectable from satellite imagery. Moreover, our beam transmission observations and theoretical predictions of the induced near-bottom horizontal velocity suggest that these elevation-type ISWs induce sediment resuspension over the seafloor, as well as mixing effects as they break on the frontal slope nearby Capo Vaticano.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33704-z |
| spellingShingle | Giovanni La Forgia Riccardo Droghei Martina Pierdomenico Pierpaolo Falco Eleonora Martorelli Alessandro Bergamasco Andrea Bergamasco Federico Falcini Sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea) Scientific Reports |
| title | Sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea) |
| title_full | Sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea) |
| title_fullStr | Sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea) |
| title_short | Sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea) |
| title_sort | sediment resuspension due to internal solitary waves of elevation in the messina strait mediterranean sea |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33704-z |
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