014 The Ross Formation of Loop Head is here expressed as turbidite sheet sands that accumulated as deepwater fan lobes that were dissected by sparse shallowly incised channels. As Elliot (2000) records these are the thicker bedded, high net-to-gross, sheet turbidites of the lower part of the Ross Sandstone Formation turbidite system. The height of these cliffs is between 45-50 m. Note the shaley partings that may compartmentalize these sands and seperate them in terms of their reservoir quality from those above. Shallow though the channeling may be it may enhance vertical reservoir continuity between the stacked sheets.