Mineral physics & geophysics

• Antigorite periodicity
• Average moduli and velocity of minerals
• Christoffel’s equation and anisotropy
• Conventions for the placement of axes in crystal elasticity
• Finite strain equation of states
• Mineral composition of the mantle
• Pyrolite, peridotite and basalt
• Stress, strain, and energy in continuum physics
• Subduction