Volume 2, No. I (Continued) 



Pet Marine For I and 



A brief review of a bool< of tin is title by Axel Schou of the 

 University Laboratory at Copenhagen, This book, relating to the 

 coast of Denmark, covers the historical aspects, the forces involved, 

 the forms, the form complexes, the landscapes, the general picture, 

 and features of the cultural geography of the marine foreland. 



Volume 2, No. 2 - Apri I 1948 



An Engineer Looks at Waikiki Beach 



This report, written by Donald F. Morton, a staff engineer, 

 illustrated with photography, describes an inspection of Waikiki 

 Beach, Hawaii. The inspection was made prior to developing a study 

 program for a cooperative study of erosion at this beach. 



Review of Shallow-Water Survey Methods 



A preliminary report of information received from questionnaires 

 submitted to Districts of the Corps of Engineers. Percentages of 

 survey work accompi ished by echo sounder and contact methods are 

 given. Suggestions made by District Engineers as possible means 

 of improving shallow-water survey methods are also presented. 



Theoretical Studies on Surface Gravity Waves 



Results of theoretical studies of phenomena concerning surface 

 gravity waves made by a group working in the Institute for Mathe- 

 matics and Mechanics, New York University, are reported in abstracts 

 of a series of papers. 



Volume 2, No. 5 - July 1948 



Littoral Drift Study, Los Angeles, California 



Field operations to provide data for studying behavior of large 

 beach-fills at Surf side and Sunset Beach colonies near Anaheim Bay 

 Harbor and at the El Segundo area of Santa Monica Bay in California 

 are briefly described. 



Beach and Channel Improvement Measures at Atlantic City, New Jersey 



A brief description with photographs of beach restoration at 

 Atlantic City in 1948 by placement of hydraulic fill. 



The Use of Historical Surveys in Beach Erosion Studies 



Sources of historical survey data and importance of reducing 

 old surveys to present-day projections and datums for comparative 

 purposes are discussed by Harold A. Ward. 



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