An asymptotic study of three-layered creeping flow and some geophysical applications

The nonlinear model based on the long-wave approximation of the Navier–Stokes equations is developed to study the free-surface three-layered creeping flow. An asymptotic study of the governing equations reveals two different modes of evolution at a short and long time. The relation between layers' boundaries is obtained that is independent of a pre-history of the flow. The obtained results are applied to study a behavior of the deep interface beneath the large-scale lunar basin under the variation of geometrical and physical model's parameters.