Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/geometry.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/geometry.m	(revision 26061)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/geometry.m	(revision 26062)
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 		end % }}}
 		function marshall(self,prefix,md,fid) % {{{
-
-			if (size(self.thickness)==md.mesh.numberofvertices) | (size(self.thickness)==md.mesh.numberofvertices+1)),
+			length_thickness=size(self.thickness,1);
+			if length_thickness==md.mesh.numberofvertices | length_thickness==md.mesh.numberofvertices+1,
 				WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','thickness','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'timeserieslength',md.mesh.numberofvertices+1,'yts',md.constants.yts);
-			elseif (size(self.thickness)==md.mesh.numberofelements) | (size(self.thickness)==md.mesh.numberofelements+1)),
+			elseif length_thickness==md.mesh.numberofelements | length_thickness==md.mesh.numberofelements+1,
 				WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','thickness','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'timeserieslength',md.mesh.numberofelements+1,'yts',md.constants.yts);
 			else
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.m	(revision 26061)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matice.m	(revision 26062)
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@
 classdef matice
 	properties (SetAccess=public) 
-		rho_ice                    = 0.;
-		rho_water                  = 0.;
-		rho_freshwater             = 0.;
-		mu_water                   = 0.;
-		heatcapacity               = 0.;
-		latentheat                 = 0.;
-		thermalconductivity        = 0.;
-		temperateiceconductivity   = 0.;
+		rho_ice                         = 0.;
+		rho_water                       = 0.;
+		rho_freshwater                  = 0.;
+		mu_water                        = 0.;
+		heatcapacity                    = 0.;
+		latentheat                      = 0.;
+		thermalconductivity             = 0.;
+		temperateiceconductivity        = 0.;
 		effectiveconductivity_averaging = 0.;
-		meltingpoint               = 0.;
-		beta                       = 0.;
-		mixed_layer_capacity       = 0.;
-		thermal_exchange_velocity  = 0.;
-		rheology_B   = NaN;
-		rheology_n   = NaN;
-		rheology_law = '';
+		meltingpoint                    = 0.;
+		beta                            = 0.;
+		mixed_layer_capacity            = 0.;
+		thermal_exchange_velocity       = 0.;
+		rheology_B                      = NaN;
+		rheology_n                      = NaN;
+		rheology_law                    = '';
 
 		%slc
-		earth_density              = 0;
+		earth_density                   = 0;
 
 	end
@@ -116,4 +116,5 @@
 				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.rheology_law','values',{'None' 'BuddJacka' 'Cuffey' 'CuffeyTemperate' 'Paterson' 'Arrhenius' 'LliboutryDuval' 'NyeCO2' 'NyeH2O'});
 				md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','materials.effectiveconductivity_averaging','numel',[1],'values',[0 1 2]);
+			end
 
 		end % }}}