The Interdependence of Plate Coupling Processes, Subduction Rate, and Asthenospheric Pressure Drop across Subducting Slabs

Leigh Royden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Adam Holt, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, United States and Thorsten W Becker, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States