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Freezing Temp./Air: Freezing Front - Ice Lens

This diagram shows how freezing temperatures at the soil surface can create an ice lens in frost-susceptible soil when the soil is saturated from a water table or precipitation. The ice lens grows as more water freezes, causing cracks to form from uneven soil support. However, in water-repellent soils with little water supply, there is little to no ice lens formation and fewer cracks.

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Freezing Temp./Air: Freezing Front - Ice Lens

This diagram shows how freezing temperatures at the soil surface can create an ice lens in frost-susceptible soil when the soil is saturated from a water table or precipitation. The ice lens grows as more water freezes, causing cracks to form from uneven soil support. However, in water-repellent soils with little water supply, there is little to no ice lens formation and fewer cracks.

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Freezing Temp.

/Air

Freezing Front -> Ice Lens

Frost Susceptible Soil

Water Table/ Saturated Soil


Freezing Temp./Air

Freezing Front -> Little / No Ice Lens


No water Supply
Water Repellent Soil (EWR)

Frost Susceptible Soil

Water Table/ Saturated Soil


Cracks from
Freezing Temp./Air uneven support

Growing
Ice Lens

Frost Susceptible Soil

Water Table/ Saturated Soil

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