PROGRESS REPORTS ON RESEARCH SPONSORED BY 

 THE BEACH EROSICN BOARD 



Abstracts from progress reports on several research contracts in force 

 between universities or other institutions and the Beach Erosion Board, 

 together with brief statements as to the status of research projects being 

 prosecuted in the laboratory of the Beach Erosion Board, are presented as 

 follows: 



I. University of California, Contract No. DA-J49-055-eng-8 . 



A. Status Report No. 11 - 1 Aug through 30 Sept 19^3 



Work completed in current period - During August an intensive field 



survey of the movement of sand off rocky promontories in Southern California 



was made. The work was carried on with 2 DUKWs and a field party of nine 

 men. 



In the course of this survey, 5 profiles were run off Point Dume, 

 9 off Point Conception and 5 off Point Arguello. Approximately 250 bottom 

 samples were collected along these profiles from water 8 to 80 feet in depth. 

 The field examination of these samples indicated that the sand along these 

 profiles was essentially of the same size as that found on adjacent pocket 

 beaches and along the coast at Santa Barbara, thus indicating clearly the 

 opportunity for sand to move around these points. Rocky bottom was encountered 

 on only two profiles, one at Point Conception and the other at Point Arguello. 



Statistical analyses of the samples collected at Santa Barbara in the 

 course of the drilling program last March have now been completed and a 

 series of graphs summarizing the salient points of the investigation are in 

 the process of construction. 



Work contemplated during October and November - The sample s collected 

 during the recent field survey are now in the process of analysis and during 

 October and November mechanical, mineralogical and other types of analyses 

 will be made and the data will be compiled in a form suitable for proper 

 interpretation . 



B. Status Keport No. 12 - 1 Oct through 30 Nov 1953 



V;ork completed in current period - This period has been devoted to the 

 preparation of a report on the results of the bore-holes drilled at Santa 

 Barbara last spring. As of 30 November, this report is 95 percent completed, 

 and it is scheduled to be in the hands of the Beach Erosion Board around 

 the first of the year. 



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