Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matdamageice.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matdamageice.m	(revision 26064)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matdamageice.m	(revision 26065)
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@
 			%ice thermal conductivity (W/m/K)
 			self.thermalconductivity=2.4;
-			
+
 			%wet ice thermal conductivity (W/m/K)
 			self.temperateiceconductivity=.24;
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
 			%computation of effective conductivity
 			self.effectiveconductivity_averaging=1;
-            
+
 			%the melting point of ice at 1 atmosphere of pressure in K
 			self.meltingpoint=273.15;
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matdamageice.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matdamageice.py	(revision 26064)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/matdamageice.py	(revision 26065)
@@ -114,9 +114,4 @@
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'materials.rheology_law', 'values', ['None', 'BuddJacka', 'Cuffey', 'CuffeyTemperate', 'Paterson', 'Arrhenius', 'LliboutryDuval'])
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'materials.effectiveconductivity_averaging', 'numel', [1], 'values', [0, 1, 2])
-        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'materials.lithosphere_shear_modulus', '>', 0, 'numel', [1])
-        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'materials.lithosphere_density', '>', 0, 'numel', [1])
-        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'materials.mantle_shear_modulus', '>', 0, 'numel', [1])
-        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'materials.mantle_density', '>', 0, 'numel', [1])
-        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'materials.earth_density', '>', 0, 'numel', [1])
 
         if 'SealevelriseAnalysis' in analyses: