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The faults developed in unconsolidated soft sediments are often macroscopically obscured,so that their occurrence and mode of motion are difficult to be identified only by macroscopic observation.Recently,a lot of data have shown that microscopic analysis is an effective approach to the identification of obscured faults and paleo-earthquake event in soft sediments.Our purpose,therefore,is focused mainly on the exploration of the micro-structural and micro-sedimentological indicators of obscured faults and p