Аннотация:Structure and composition of the Upper Quaternary sediments on the North African continental
margin, strongly dissected by submarine valleys, were studied in detail in the area of the Gulf of Sallum. A great variety of sedimentary processes resulting in accumulation of different genetic types of sediments was established. A wide distribution of different chemogenic carbonates in the sedimentary sequence was revealed, setting the studied region as a model for investigations of the arid type of sedimentogenesis.