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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Hypopycnal"”.
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Difference in depositional behavior of hypopycnal and hyperpycnal flows in the context of continental margins
… terms of the difference between hyperpycnal and hypopycnal conditions. The former prevails when the incoming flow is denser than the water of the receiving basin; the flow plunges to the bottom of the lake and forms a bottom density flow. The latter prevails when the incoming flow is lighter than …
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Genesis and Sedimentation of an Ice-Walled Lake Plain in Northeastern Illinois
… mainly deposited through grain settling from hypopycnal density currents, with the particle settling velocities revealing that the laminae were deposited in a short period of time (perhaps weekly or monthly), while cumulative settling times reveal longer periods of non-deposition. These …
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Structure and development of oyster reefs on the Suwannee River delta, Florida
… do not conform to surface trends because of the hypopycnal conditions at the mouth of the Suwannee.</p> <p>Four factors judged to be of paramount importance in determining the shape and location of the Suwannee delta oyster reefs are salinity, turbidity, tidal currents, and depth. Because …