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Porous gravity current
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2026-09-24
A
porous
gravity
current spreads because
a
density
difference
creates
a
lateral
hydrostatic-pressure
gradient
. For
a
two-dimensional current of thickness
h
,
density
deficit
Δ
ρ
, permeability
k
,
viscosity
μ
, and
porosity
ϕ
,
ϕ
h
t
=
μ
k
Δ
ρ
g
(
h
h
x
)
x
.
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