摘要
The Jingzhou Basin is a small NE-trending Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic continental basin in the south segment of the Xuefeng orogen. In the Upper Paleozoic and Jurassic sequences,around and inside of the basin respectively,the authors observed lots of small-scale faults and joints of different attitude and kinematic property.Several stress events such as N-S compression,NNE compression,NEE compression,E-W compression,NW compression and NW extension were identified. According to the stratigraphy and crosscutting relationship of the faults and joints as well as the tectonic characteristics of the Jingzhou Basin and regional tectonic settings,the authors defined the tectonic evolution of the area ever since Mesozoic: regional NW compression in late Middle Triassic,N-S compression during Late Triassic to Early Jurassic,NW compression during early to middle of the Middle Jurassic,N-S compression in late Middle Jurassic originated from the sinistral strike-slipping of the NE- to NNE-trending Xupu-Jingzhou fault,regional NE compression and NW extension in Cretaceous,NEE compression during Late Cretaceous to Paleocene originated from the dextral strike-slipping of the Xupu-Jingzhou fault,EW compression during Eocene to Oligocene,and NNE compression in Neogene.