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As initiated in Volume 6, No. 2 ci the Bulletin of the Beach Erosion 

 Board, abstracts fron progress reports on The se .ral research contracts 

 in force between miiversities or other instituti:,ris and the Beach Erosion 

 Board, together with brief statements as to the status of research pro- 

 jects being prosecuted in the laboratory of tri'r ^Seach Erosion Board, are 

 presented as follows: 



I - A. University of California, Status Repcrt No. 6, 1 April through 

 31 Hay 1952 . 



This report pertains to the origin of sand upon beaches, particular- 

 ly with reference to beaches of Southern California. 



•Jiork Completed in Current Period 



1. The .rriineralogical studies of the river sands co]] ;cted after 

 the January 1952 flood were completed. These studies corroborated the 

 conclusion reached in previous work that a substantial proportion of the 

 sand on t-'.e beaches on the scuth side of the Santa Ynez Range east of 

 Point Conception has moved around Point Conception. The percentage dis- 

 tribution of the mineral augite in beach sands along the Jaj-ifomia coast 

 indicates that 5 P'^r cent and perhaps 15 per cent of the sand at Santa 

 Barbara has come from the vicinity of Morro Bay., more than 100 miles to 



the northwest. It so happens that this area is the only recognizable source 

 of the significant quantity of augite found in the sands at Santa Barbara. 

 The mineralogical studies of the sands brought down bj the Jajiuary flood 

 most certairj.y indicate that there is no local source for the augite at 

 Santa Barbara. 



2. A report on these mineralogical studies, entitled Source of 

 Beach Sand at Santa Barbara, California, as Indicated by hincral urain 

 Studies, has been ccmpjetod. (.It is being published as Technical nemo. 

 Wo. 2tt of the Beach .irosion Board). 



B . univsrsi Iry of Cal.ifcxn ia, Status Report No. 7, 1 June through 

 31 July 19 $2.' 



This report pertains tc^ the origin of sand upon beaches, par- 

 ticularly with reference to beaches of Southern California. 



Work Completed in Current -'eriod . 



1. The f^resent period has been devoted to preparation for the 

 drilling program on the fill west of the breakwater at Sc-'nta Barbara. 

 DrllMxi^ contractors have been intc;rviewed end a trip to Santa Barbara 

 during the iiionth of June v<as made to select drilling sites and to procure 



