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In a bidisperse particle suspension transported by a steady depositing gravity current, species with concentrations $c_i$ and downward settling velocity magnitudes $v_i$ satisfy $c_i(x)=c_{i0}{e}^{-v_{i}x/q}$. Their local particle deposition fluxes are $v_i{c}_i$. The local deposited particle-volume fraction belonging to species one isFor $v_1>v_2>0$ and both species present, $f_1$ decreases strictly downstream, since $f_1^{\prime }=(v_2-v_1)f_1(1-f_1)/q$. If $g_i^{\prime }=g_{0i}{c}_i$, use $c_i=g_i^{\prime }/g_{0i}$ rather than buoyancy ratios unless $g_{01}=g_{02}$. A number fraction additionally divides each species volume flux by its single-particle volume. Integrating deposition over $[0,x]$ instead gives cumulative weights $q{c}_{i0}(1-e^{-v_{i}x/q})$.

For positive $q,K,g^{\prime }$ in a steady depositing gravity current, the function $K(h)=q^2/h+g^{\prime }{h}^2/2$ has a unique minimum at $h_c=(q^2/g^{\prime }{)}^{1/3}$, where $\mathrm{Fr}=1$ and $K_c=3q^{4/3}(g^{\prime }{)}^{1/3}/2$. When $K>K_c$ there are two positive depth roots: $h_{-}<h_c$ is supercritical flow and $h_{+}>h_c$ is subcritical flow. Differentiating the momentum invariant and using $g_x^{\prime }=-v_s{g}^{\prime }/q$ givesThe supercritical depth decreases towards $q^2/K$ as $g^{\prime }\downarrow 0$, whereas the subcritical depth increases like $\sqrt{2K/g^{\prime }}$. Because $K_c$ decreases downstream, an initially strict branch never reaches a finite-distance critical point. A critical inlet instead gives a singular depth derivative, so a smooth critical continuation is not justified by this model.