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A common high-Reynolds number closure for a deep-ambient gravity current is $\dot{L}=\mathrm{Fr}\sqrt{g^{\prime }h}$, where $L$ is front position and the order-one Froude number depends on the chosen front model.

Let the fixed current volume per unit channel width beA suitable high-Reynolds number deep-ambient gravity-current front condition iswhere the order-one Froude number $\mathrm{Fr}$ records the selected front closure. In the dilute limit the mixture's reduced gravity iswith ambient and carrier-fluid density ${\rho }_a$.

The well-mixed particle volume of species $i$ is $V_0{\varphi }_i$. Its deposition rate through the base of length $L$ is $L{\hat{W}}_i{\varphi }_i$, where ${\hat{W}}_i<0$. The resulting gravity-current box model is thereforeIt conserves fluid volume while suspended particle volume, and therefore the driving buoyancy, decreases by deposition.