Dry season sediment fluxes in the frontwater zone of the mangrove-fridged Mwache Creek, Kenya

Abstract

Mwache Creek is a typical mangrove creek along the Kenya coast. The creek receives terrigenous sediments on a seasonal basis and there is tremedous tidal influence. The supply of terrigenous sediments increases greatly during periods associated with major flood events. Most of the sediments supplied by the seasonal rivers are trapped in the upper parts of the creek with very little export to the lower frontwater zone of the creek.