These papers concern beach erosion, littoral drift, the effects 

 of the construction of the breakwater at Santa Monica, and infor- 

 mation regarding the gravel beaches that occur along the Malibu- 

 Santa Monica shoreline, 



A. G. Johnson (1935, 1940a, 1940b, 1940c, 1951) was interested 

 in the erosion along the Venice shoreline and made a special effort 

 to obtain records of changes along the shore. His reports and data 

 have been of great use in studying the nearshore zone. Anonymous 

 (1916) and Leeds (1916) also wrote short reports on the Venice 

 beaches. 



The proposal for a harbor in the Playa del Rey and Ballona 

 Creek area has resulted in much information for that region. The 

 U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Beach Erosion Board (1938, 1948c, 

 1948d, 1948e) has made a detailed study of the region, and the 

 U. S. Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi (1935, 

 1936) has conducted model studies of the Ballona Creek region. 

 The Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission (1938, 1940), Los 

 Angeles Department of City Planning (1941), and Stapleton (1952) 

 have written reports on the planning of the harbor, beach develop- 

 ment, and recreation in the Santa Monica - Venice district, 

 Olsson-Seffer (1905, 1910a, 1910b), Purer (1936), Merriam (1949), 

 and Pierce and Poole (1938) have studied the sand dunes along the 

 Playa del Rey, Venice, and El Segundo region. Marshall (1934) 

 gave a description of the beaches at Manhattan Beach. 



The Beach Erosion Board (1948b, 1950a, 1950b, and other 

 unpublished reports). Congressional Documents (1949-50b), and 

 Marlette (1954) have studied the Redondo Beach region, especially 

 in regard to the extension of the breakwater. 



