Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/model.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/model.m	(revision 7406)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/model.m	(revision 7407)
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 		 borderstokes=NaN;
 
-		 %Stokes mesh
+		 %Stokes
 		 stokesreconditioning=0;
+		 shelf_dampening=0;
 
 		 %Penalties
@@ -549,6 +550,7 @@
 			 md.verbose=verbose('solution',true,'qmu',true,'control',true);
 
-			 %Stokes mesh
+			 %Stokes
 			 md.stokesreconditioning=10^13;
+			 md.shelf_dampening=0;
 
 			 %Penalties
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/model/marshall.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/model/marshall.m	(revision 7406)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/model/marshall.m	(revision 7407)
@@ -146,4 +146,5 @@
 WriteData(fid,md.viscosity_overshoot,'Scalar','viscosity_overshoot');
 WriteData(fid,md.stokesreconditioning,'Scalar','stokesreconditioning');
+WriteData(fid,md.shelf_dampening,'Integer','shelf_dampening');
 WriteData(fid,md.waitonlock,'Scalar','waitonlock');
 WriteData(fid,md.kff,'Integer','kff');