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	Datation géochronologique	Analyse de l'affaissement des bassins
Domaine	Géosciences	Géosciences
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1902	1978
Auteur d'origine	Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Soddy	McKenzie and Sclater
Type	temporal constraint pipeline	tectono-sedimentary analysis pipeline
Source fondatrice	Dickin, A. P. (2005). Radiogenic Isotope Geology (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.	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.
Alias	radiometric dating, isotopic dating, age determination	tectonic subsidence, backstripping, thermal history analysis
Apparentées	3	4
Résumé	Geochronological dating is the determination of absolute ages of rocks and minerals using the decay of radioactive isotopes. Pioneered by Rutherford and Soddy (1902), this method provides numerical anchors for geological timescales and enables quantitative understanding of geological processes. Modern techniques (K-Ar, Rb-Sr, U-Pb, 40Ar/39Ar) span from recent to ancient events and are essential for calibrating relative chronologies and assessing rates of geological change.	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.