## 6 Conclusions  
The results highlight the facies analysis and facies association linked with the architectural elements of lobes in the submarine fan deposits of West Sabah. Based on these results, the following conclusions are drawn:  
1. Although the West Crocker Formation is mainly considered to have sand-rich deposits (Crocker sands), the formation also contains massive shale and siltstone units. All types of sedimentary facies related to sandstone, siltstone and mudstone and could be termed as a sand-shale system. This variety of sediments shows more heterogeneity in lithological characteristics than previously thought;
2. The sedimentary facies were grouped into four facies associations, which were linked to the lobe architecture of deep-marine systems. These facies associations are discussed as components of individual lobes, namely the lobe axis, lobe off-axis, lobe fringe and distal fringe;
3. The thicknesses of individual sandstone units are helpful for interpreting several thickening and thinning multiscale sequences, which are characteristics of lobe degradation and lobe abandonment. These cycles of thickness variations represent the multiple tabular sand bodies of a lobe complex. 4. The deep-marine lobe deposits can be classified into beds or bed sets, which constitute the lobe elements. These lobe elements are grouped into individual lobes, which are broadly categorized into lobe complexes. These lobe element to lobe complex nomenclature can be identified on all exposed sections of West Sabah, where the individual thicknesses of lobe elements highly vary from as small as 1-3 m up to a large thickness of 8-10 m in the studied sections having multiscale sand-shale complex. 5. The West Crocker Formation is interpreted as a lobe complex set in which multiple lobe complexes are present, with their individual lobes and lobe elements based on bed-to-bed sedimentary analysis and supporting the multiscale modeling of deep ocean sediments. 6. The lobe complex sets are more developed in northwest Sabah, while West Sabah has a lower number of lobe complexes. This distribution of lobe complexes also verifies that the paleocurrent direction is mainly from the south to the north, where the feeder channels form multiple lobe complexes in northwest Sabah. 7. The detailed facies and lobe architecture depict reservoir heterogeneities in deep-marine siliciclastic rocks, which are usually interpreted as single homogeneous sand units by seismic data. Hence, the present study highlights the subseismic lithological complexities in deep-marine depositional settings. 8. The alternate lobe off-axis and lobe axis distributions, interpreted as unconfined lobe settings, could be applicable for several unconfined deep-marine sedimentary successions around the globe which are potential sites of exploration of natural resources. **Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, M.J., N.A.S. and A.H.B.A.R. ; methodology, M.J., N.A., M.S.B.I. and N.A.I. ; software, M.J., M.U., A.H.B.A.R., and Z.G. ; validation, M.J., N.A.S., A.H.B.A.R., and N.A.I. ; formal analysis, M.J., Q.S.I. and M.U. ; investigation, M.J., N.A.S. and Z.G. ; resources, N.A.S., A.H.B.A.R. and N.A.I. ; data curation, M.J. and N.A. ; writing--original draft preparation, M.J.; writing--review and editing, N.A.S., A.H.B.A.R. and M.U. ; visualization, M.J., M.U. and N.A. ; supervision, N.A.S., M.S.B.I. and A.H.B.A.R. ; project administration, N.A.I. and N.A.I. ; funding acquisition, N.A.S., A.H.B.A.R. and N.A.I. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** This research was funded by the Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) cost number 0153 AB-A33, awarded to [PERSON] and the Fundamental Research Grant of the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) Malaysia (project ID 16880, reference code FRGS/1/2019/STG09/UTP/03/1) for data analysis and detailed fieldwork. The first phase of geological field was supported by Yayasan UTP Malaysia (YUTP) grant number 015 LC-017, awarded to [PERSON]. **Institutional Review Board Statement:** Not applicable.