A particle-laden gravity current is driven by the excess density of suspended particles. Deposition decreases its reduced gravity, so a finite-volume current can approach a finite runout length.
The runout length is the limiting horizontal distance reached by a gravity current after its driving buoyancy has been exhausted or balanced by resistance.

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