Abstract of the review article ``Mixture theories for rock properties''

The theory of mixtures as presented here is a macroscopic theory, and assumes that the constituents of the mixture are immiscible (i.e., one component does not dissolve in the presence of another). The theory also assumes at the outset that we know what minerals are contained in a composite (say, using spectroscopic analysis), what the pertinent physical constants of single crystals of these minerals are (preferably from direct measurements or possibly from independent measurements tabulated in reference books like this one), and usually what the relative volume fractions of these constituents are. In addition, it is sometimes supposed that further information about short-range or long-range order, geometrical arrangements of constituents and pores, or some other pertinent information may be available. We concentrate on three-dimensional results.

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