Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.m	(revision 25382)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.m	(revision 25383)
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@
 				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.rho_freshwater','>',0);
 				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.mu_water','>',0);
-				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.rheology_B','>',0,'timeseries',1,'NaN',1,'Inf',1);
+				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.rheology_B','>',0,'universal',1,'NaN',1,'Inf',1);
 				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.rheology_n','>',0,'size',[md.mesh.numberofelements 1]);
 				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.rheology_law','values',{'None' 'BuddJacka' 'Cuffey' 'CuffeyTemperate' 'Paterson' 'Arrhenius' 'LliboutryDuval' 'NyeCO2' 'NyeH2O'});