Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/shared/Elements/LliboutryDuval.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/shared/Elements/LliboutryDuval.cpp	(revision 20091)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/shared/Elements/LliboutryDuval.cpp	(revision 20092)
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@
 /* get ice stiffness B from enthalpy, pressure and flow law exponent*/
 IssmDouble LliboutryDuval(IssmDouble enthalpy, IssmDouble pressure, IssmDouble n, IssmDouble betaCC, IssmDouble referencetemperature, IssmDouble heatcapacity, IssmDouble latentheat){
-  /*Use parameterization for the rheology: Grewe/Blatter 2009, Aschwanden 2012
+  /*Use Lliboutry & Duval's 1985 parameterization for the rheology: 
+	* see also: Grewe/Blatter 2009, Aschwanden et al. 2012
+	*
+	* ISSM uses enthalpy/temperature values that are not corrected for pressure.
    *
    *  A(H,p) = A0 exp(-Q/RT(H,p)), if H < H_s(p)
@@ -34,44 +37,37 @@
    *  
    *  Convert A to B :  B = A^(-1/n) */
+	/*check feasibility*/
+	_assert_(pressure+1.e-4>=0); // deal with pressure instability at ice surface
+	_assert_(n>0);
+	_assert_(betaCC>=0);
+	_assert_(referencetemperature>=0);
+	_assert_(heatcapacity>0);
+	_assert_(latentheat>0);
 
-	/*check feasibility*/
-  _assert_(pressure>=0);
-  _assert_(n>0);
-  _assert_(betaCC>=0);
-  _assert_(referencetemperature>=0);
-  _assert_(heatcapacity>0);
-  _assert_(latentheat>0);
+	/*Some physical constants*/
+	IssmDouble R=8.314; 
 
-  /*Some physical constants*/
-  IssmDouble R=8.314; 
+	/*Intermediaries*/
+	IssmDouble A,B,Tstar,Tpmp,H_sp,waterfraction;
 
-  /*Intermediaries*/
-  IssmDouble A,B,Tstar,Tpmp,H_sp,waterfraction;
+	Tpmp=273.15-betaCC*pressure; //pressure melting point temperature
+	H_sp=heatcapacity*(Tpmp-referencetemperature); //pressure melting point enthalpy
+	if (enthalpy<H_sp){ //compute homologous temperature and water fraction
+		Tstar=referencetemperature+enthalpy/heatcapacity+betaCC*pressure; 
+		waterfraction=0.;
+	}
+	else{
+		Tstar=273.15;
+		waterfraction=(enthalpy-H_sp)/latentheat;
+		if (waterfraction>0.01) waterfraction=0.01; // limit softness of ice
+	}
 
-  Tpmp=273.15-betaCC*pressure; 
-  H_sp=heatcapacity*(Tpmp - referencetemperature);
-  if (enthalpy < H_sp){
-    Tstar = referencetemperature + enthalpy/heatcapacity - betaCC*pressure;	
-    waterfraction = 0.;
-  }
-  else{
-    Tstar=Tpmp;
-    waterfraction=(enthalpy - H_sp)/latentheat;
-		if (waterfraction > 0.01)
-			waterfraction = 0.01;
-  }
+	/*Get A*/
+	if(Tstar<=263.15){A=3.61e-13*exp(-6.e+4/(R*Tstar));}
+	else{A=1.73e3*exp(-13.9e+4/(R*Tstar));}
+	A*=(1.+181.25*waterfraction);
 
-  /*Get A*/
-  if(Tstar<=263.15){
-    A=3.61e-13 * exp(  -6.e+4/(R*Tstar));
-  }
-  else{
-    A=1.73e3   * exp(-13.9e+4/(R*Tstar));
-  }
-  A*=(1. + 181.25*waterfraction);
-
-  /*Convert to B*/
-  B=pow(A,-1./n);
-
-  return B;
+	/*Convert to B*/
+	B=pow(A,-1./n);
+	return B;
 }