therefore an artifact. Figures 19 and 20 show the artificial "return flow" east of
Franz Josef Land (northeastern Barents Sea). In Figs. ISa, b, 19, and 20, the sediment transport from North Scandinavia by the strong North Cape Current
through the Barents Sea can be clearly seen. The southern model boundaries are
responsible for artificially low sedimentation rate areas south of SOON. In the
OGCM the inflow of the North Atlantic Current is maintained using a southern
sponge layer where the numerical solution is restored to modern climatology in
a narrow latitudinal belt near this latitude (Seidov et al. 1996). Because of the
lack of information concerning the sediment transport in the water column
Franz Josef Land (northeastern Barents Sea). In Figs. ISa, b, 19, and 20, the sediment transport from North Scandinavia by the strong North Cape Current
through the Barents Sea can be clearly seen. The southern model boundaries are
responsible for artificially low sedimentation rate areas south of SOON. In the
OGCM the inflow of the North Atlantic Current is maintained using a southern
sponge layer where the numerical solution is restored to modern climatology in
a narrow latitudinal belt near this latitude (Seidov et al. 1996). Because of the
lack of information concerning the sediment transport in the water column