hyperpycnal flow

English

Noun

hyperpycnal flow (countable and uncountable, plural hyperpycnal flows)

1. A current of dense water (typically from a river) flowing underneath a body of lighter water (typically in a lake)
   • 2015 September 16, “Magnified Sediment Export of Small Mountainous Rivers in Taiwan: Chain Reactions from Increased Rainfall Intensity under Global Warming”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Fluvial sediment transport may further deliver the modern organic carbon to the seabed via hyperpycnal flow, resulting in long-term sequestration of modern organic carbon [10 ,30 ,51 ].