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From mikkalai's talk page:
I am inclined to disagree that "freezing depth" is a more common term. The term "frost line" is the original one and reflects the visual observation of a visible line on wells, on foundations, poles, etc. It is so common as to give rize to metaphors, listed in the disambig page. (Surely, e.g., in cosmogony ther term "frost" is meaningless by itself.) Moreover, "freezing depth" is applied not only to soil, but to water as well. "frost line" term is specific to soils. The term "frost line" is an dictiotaries.
Finally, google search gives 100x preference for "frost line", and the significant part of search results are from technical articles, not just blogs, so I conclude google reasonably reflects the preference by experts.
It is also interesting to note that the name "Frostline" is quite popular. Guess how it originated? `' mikka (t) 17:11, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
"Alternatively, in Arctic and Antarctic locations the freezing depth is so deep that it becomes year-round permafrost, and the term "thaw depth" is used instead. Finally, in tropical regions, frost line may refer to the vertical geographic elevation below which frost does not occur.[1]"
This does not make sense. This should probably be "... the freezing depth is so shallow..." rather than "the freezing depth is so deep...." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.78.32.2 ( talk) 23:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
hi this is nethaji.bca —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.70.180 ( talk) 15:14, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Some pics: [ USA] [ USSR] Alliumnsk ( talk) 15:20, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
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From mikkalai's talk page:
I am inclined to disagree that "freezing depth" is a more common term. The term "frost line" is the original one and reflects the visual observation of a visible line on wells, on foundations, poles, etc. It is so common as to give rize to metaphors, listed in the disambig page. (Surely, e.g., in cosmogony ther term "frost" is meaningless by itself.) Moreover, "freezing depth" is applied not only to soil, but to water as well. "frost line" term is specific to soils. The term "frost line" is an dictiotaries.
Finally, google search gives 100x preference for "frost line", and the significant part of search results are from technical articles, not just blogs, so I conclude google reasonably reflects the preference by experts.
It is also interesting to note that the name "Frostline" is quite popular. Guess how it originated? `' mikka (t) 17:11, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
"Alternatively, in Arctic and Antarctic locations the freezing depth is so deep that it becomes year-round permafrost, and the term "thaw depth" is used instead. Finally, in tropical regions, frost line may refer to the vertical geographic elevation below which frost does not occur.[1]"
This does not make sense. This should probably be "... the freezing depth is so shallow..." rather than "the freezing depth is so deep...." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.78.32.2 ( talk) 23:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
hi this is nethaji.bca —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.70.180 ( talk) 15:14, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Some pics: [ USA] [ USSR] Alliumnsk ( talk) 15:20, 28 December 2015 (UTC)