Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Loads/Friction.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Loads/Friction.cpp	(revision 22038)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Loads/Friction.cpp	(revision 22039)
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 
 	floatation_thickness=0;
-	if(base<0) floatation_thickness=-rho_water/rho_ice*base;
+	if(base<0) floatation_thickness=-(rho_water/rho_ice)*base;
 	if(vmag==0.) alpha2_coulomb=0.;
-	else alpha2_coulomb=drag_coefficient_coulomb*drag_coefficient_coulomb*rho_water*gravity*(thickness-floatation_thickness)/vmag;
+	else alpha2_coulomb=drag_coefficient_coulomb*drag_coefficient_coulomb*rho_ice*gravity*(thickness-floatation_thickness)/vmag;
 
 	if(alpha2_coulomb<alpha2) alpha2=alpha2_coulomb;