Inverse models of plate coupling and mantle rheology: Towards a direct link between large-scale mantle flow and mega thrust earthquakes

Michael Gurnis1, Vishagan Ratnaswamy2, Georg Stadler3, Johann Rudi4, Xi Liu1 and Omar Ghattas5, (1)California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, United States, (3)New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY, United States, (4)ICES, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (5)The University of Texas at Austin, ICES, Austin, TX, United States