Take a look at this:
"In 1896 Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie discovered that certain isotopes undergo spontaneous radioactive decay, transforming into new isotopes. Atoms of a parent radioactive isotope randomly decay into a daughter isotope. Over time the number of parent atoms decreases and the number of daughter atoms increases. Rutherford and Soddy (1902) discovered that the rate of decay of a radioactive isotope depends on the amount of the parent isotope remaining. Later it was found that half of the parent atoms occurring in a sample at any time will decay into daughter atoms in a characteristic time called the half-life."
from http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/vdivener/notes/radiometric_dating.htm
These discoveries lead to the practical application of radiometric dating so you could probably credit the discovery to these individuals.
The four types of radiometric dating are: Potassium, Uranium, Rubidium, and Carbon I hope thats the answer you were looking for:)
Sedimentary Rocks
by relative dating or radiometric dating
According to radiometric dating the Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. This age is based on dating of meteorite material.
CATS
Radio metric dating.
Radiometric dating is the principal source of information about the absolute age of rocks and other geological features, including the age of the Earth itself, and can be used to date a wide range of natural and man-made materials.
The four types of radiometric dating are: Potassium, Uranium, Rubidium, and Carbon I hope thats the answer you were looking for:)
Carbon 14 dating is the best known example of radiometric dating, but there are many others. Another example of radiometric dating is the dating of the age of geological formations on earth. The oldest known rocks on the earth that have been analyzed, have been dated back some 4.404 billion years.
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Carbon 14 dating is one tpye of radiometric dating. It is used for destermiing the age of samples of one-living entities. See related links for more information.
Sedimentary Rocks
by relative dating or radiometric dating
Radiometric measurement is based on the decay of certain elements, the rate of which is a known scientific fact.
According to radiometric dating the Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. This age is based on dating of meteorite material.
Archaeology
An accurate radiometric date can be obtained only if the mineral remained a closed system during the entire period since its formation this is why radiometric dating can't be used with accuracy.