What is Frost heaving?
[[Image:Freezing air ice lens formation.jpg|thumbnail|right| Ice lens formation resulting in frost heave in cold climates.]] '''Frost heaving''' is the lifting of frozen [[soil]], caused by [[water]] rising from below to the level in the soil where it freezes, accumulates as ice, and pushes the soil above it upwards.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Taber | first = Stephen | title = The mechanics of frost heaving | journal = Journal of Geology | volume = 38 | issue = 4 | pages = 303–317 | origyear = | year = 1930 | url = http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA247424&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf | doi = 10.1086/623720 | id = | bibcode = 1930JG.....38..303T | s2cid = 129655820 | access-date = 2017-07-14 | archive-date = 2013-04-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130408133501/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA247424 | url-status = dead }}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Permafrost]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Soil]]