hyperpycnal flow

noun

A current of dense water (typically from a river) flowing underneath a body of lighter water (typically in a lake)

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Meanings

nounhyperpycnal flow (countable and uncountable, plural hyperpycnal flows)

plural hyperpycnal flows

  1. countableuncountableA current of dense water (typically from a river) flowing underneath a body of lighter water (typically in a lake)

    Fluvial sediment transport may further deliver the modern organic carbon to the seabed via hyperpycnal flow, resulting in long-term sequestration of modern organic carbon [10 ,30 ,51 ].

    2015 September 16, “Magnified Sediment Export of Small Mountainous Rivers in Taiwan: Chain Reactions from Increased Rainfall Intensity under Global Warming”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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