Comparer des méthodes

	Analyse de l'affaissement des bassins	Analyse diagraphique
Domaine	Géosciences	Géosciences
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1978	1940s
Auteur d'origine	McKenzie and Sclater	Guyod and Barnhart
Type	tectono-sedimentary analysis pipeline	subsurface characterization pipeline
Source fondatrice	Sclater, J. G., & Christie, P. A. F. (1980). Continental stretching: An explanation of the post-mid-Cretaceous subsidence of the Central North Sea Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research, 85(B7), 3711–3739.	Asquith, G. B., & Gibson, C. R. (2004). Basic Well Log Analysis (2nd ed.). American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Alias	tectonic subsidence, backstripping, thermal history analysis	wireline logging, borehole logging, petrophysical analysis
Apparentées	4	5
Résumé	Basin subsidence analysis is the quantitative study of how sedimentary basins deepen over geological time, driven by tectonics, isostasy, and load. Formalized by McKenzie (1978) and Sclater and Christie (1980), this method reveals the mechanical causes of basin development, predicts subsurface temperature and pressure histories, and constrains petroleum generation. Analysis integrates well stratigraphy, seismic geometry, gravity data, and thermal models to reconstruct basin evolution.	Well log analysis is the systematic examination of measurements recorded by instruments lowered into a borehole to characterize subsurface lithology, fluid content, and petrophysical properties. Originating in the 1940s, this method has become indispensable for petroleum exploration, groundwater assessment, and engineering geology. Well logs provide direct depth-correlated data that anchor interpretation of seismic surveys and constrain reservoir models.