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into a single moon at an orbital distance of about
3.8R⊕
, where R⊕
is Earth’s radius (19, 20),
MM
MD
≈ 1:9
LD
MD
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2:9GM⊕R⊕
p
−
1:1 − 1:9
Mesc
MD
ð1Þ
where Mesc
is the mass that escapes from the
disk as the Moon accretes. To estimate MM
, we
used Eq. 1 and made the favorable assumption
that Mesc
= 0.
We tracked the origin (impactor versus tar-
get) of the particles in the final planet and the
disk. To quantify the compositional difference be-
tween the silicate portions of the disk and planet,
we define a deviation percentage
dfT
≡ [FD,tar
/FP,tar
− 1] × 100 (2)
where FD,tar
and FP,tar
are the mass fractions of
the silicate portions of the disk and of the planet
derived from the target’s mantle, respectively (21).
Identical disk-planet compositions have dfT
= 0,
whereas a disk that contains fractionally more
impactor-derived silicate than the final planet has
dfT
< 0, and a disk that contains fractionally less
impactor-derived silicate than the final planet has
dfT
> 0.
Prior impact simulations (1–3, 14, 15) that
consider g ≡ Mimp
/MT
≈ 0.1 to 0.2 produce disks
with −90% ≤ dfT
≤ −35% for cases with MM
>
ML
, where ML
is the Moon’s mass. Results with
larger impactors having g = 0.3, 0.4, and 0.45
are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and Table 1. As the
relative size of the impactor (g) is increased, there
is generally a closer compositional match be-
tween the final disk and the planet. For g ≥ 0.4,
some disks have both sufficient mass and an-
gular momentum to yield the Moon and nearly
identical silicate compositions to that of the final
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20Ne/22Ne
10 11 12 13
40Ar/36Ar
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
21Ne/22Ne
0.07
20Ne/22Ne
10
11
12
13
a
Iceland; this study
MORB (2ΠD43)
Iceland; ref. 18
Air
Air
Iceland
mantle
source
Iceland
mantle
source
Solar
wind
b
0.04
0.03 0.05 0.06
Figure 1 | Differences in neon and argon isotopic composition between
MORB and the Iceland plume. a, Neon three-isotope plot showing the new
analyses of the DICE 10 sample (filled circles) from Iceland in comparison to
previously published data for this sample (open circles; ref. 18) and the gas-rich
‘popping rock’ (2PD43) from the north Mid-Atlantic Ridge (open triangles; ref.
17). Error bars are 1s, and forclarity, twoprevious analyses18 with largeerrorbars
have not been shown. Step-crushing of a mantle-derived basalt produces a linear
trend that reflects variable amounts ofpost-eruptive air contamination in vesicles
containingmantleNe.Theslopeofthelineisafunctionoftheratioofnucleogenic
21Ne to primordial 22Ne, with steeper slopes indicating a higher proportion of
primordial 22Ne and, thus, a less degassed mantle source. The slope of the Iceland
line based on the new analyses is consistent with that obtained previously18.
Importantly, 20Ne/22Ne ratios of 12.8860.06 are distinctly higher than the
MORB source 20Ne/22Ne of #12.5 as constrained from continental well gases20.
b, Ne–Ar compositions of individual step crushes of the DICE 10 sample. 40Ar is
generated by radioactive decay of 40K, and low 40Ar/36Ar ratios are indicative of a
less degassed mantle. The data reflect mixing between a mantle component and
post-eruptive atmospheric contamination. A least-squares hyperbolic fit through
the data yields a 40Ar/36Ar ratio of 10,74563,080, corresponding to a mantle
solar 20Ne/22Ne ratio of 13.8. This Ar isotopic ratio is used as the mantle source
value for Iceland in Figs 2 and 3. Symbols as in a; error bars are 1s.
Kinetic fractionation
10
13
Iceland; this study
MORB (2ΠD43)
a
Air
20Ne/22Ne
3He/22Ne
12
11
3He/36Ar
40Ar/36Ar
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
b
Air
Iceland mantle
source
MORB
(2ΠD43)
mantle
source
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
22Ne/36Ar
40Ar/36Ar
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
Air
Sea water
c
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Degassing
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Figure 2 | Differences in elemental abundances and isotope ratios between
MORB and the Iceland plume. Errorbarsare1s.a,3He/22Neversus20Ne/22Ne;
b, 3He/36Ar versus 40Ar/36Ar; and c, 22Ne/36Ar versus 40Ar/36Ar. The mantle
source composition for 2PD43 (filled grey square in all panels) is based on the
40Ar/36Ar and 20Ne/22Ne ratios as defined in ref. 30, and the mantle source
composition for Iceland (filled black square in all panels) is based on Fig. 1. The
grey and black arrows at the top ofthe figure indicate how elemental ratios evolve
asaresultofkineticfractionationandsolubilitycontrolleddegassing,respectively.
Good linear relationships are observed between isotope ratios and elemental
ratios, which reflect mixing between mantle-derived noble gases and post-
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20Ne/22Ne
10 11 12 13
40Ar/36Ar
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
21Ne/22Ne
0.07
20Ne/22Ne
10
11
12
13
a
Iceland; this study
MORB (2ΠD43)
Iceland; ref. 18
Air
Air
Iceland
mantle
source
Iceland
mantle
source
Solar
wind
b
0.04
0.03 0.05 0.06
Figure 1 | Differences in neon and argon isotopic composition between
MORB and the Iceland plume. a, Neon three-isotope plot showing the new
analyses of the DICE 10 sample (filled circles) from Iceland in comparison to
previously published data for this sample (open circles; ref. 18) and the gas-rich
‘popping rock’ (2PD43) from the north Mid-Atlantic Ridge (open triangles; ref.
17). Error bars are 1s, and forclarity, twoprevious analyses18 with largeerrorbars
have not been shown. Step-crushing of a mantle-derived basalt produces a linear
trend that reflects variable amounts ofpost-eruptive air contamination in vesicles
containingmantleNe.Theslopeofthelineisafunctionoftheratioofnucleogenic
21Ne to primordial 22Ne, with steeper slopes indicating a higher proportion of
primordial 22Ne and, thus, a less degassed mantle source. The slope of the Iceland
line based on the new analyses is consistent with that obtained previously18.
Importantly, 20Ne/22Ne ratios of 12.8860.06 are distinctly higher than the
MORB source 20Ne/22Ne of #12.5 as constrained from continental well gases20.
Kinetic fractionation
10
13
Iceland; this study
MORB (2ΠD43)
a
Air
20Ne/22Ne
3He/22Ne
12
11
3He/36Ar
40Ar/36Ar
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
b
Air
Iceland mantle
source
MORB
(2ΠD43)
mantle
source
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
22Ne/36Ar
40Ar/36Ar
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
Air
Sea water
c
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Degassing
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Figure 2 | Differences in elemental abundances and isotope ratios between
MORB and the Iceland plume. Errorbarsare1s.a,3He/22Neversus20Ne/22Ne
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contamination processes are ruled out as the reason for the lower
129Xe/130Xe ratios at Iceland.
The data in Fig. 3a demonstrate that the Iceland and MORB source
mantles evolved with different I/Xe ratios, requiring the two mantle
sources to have separated by 4.45Gyr ago with limited subsequent mix-
ing between the two. As atmosphere is located near the origin in this plot
(Fig. 3a), and mixing in this space is linear, adding subducted atmo-
spheric Xe to the MORB source clearly cannot produce the Iceland
source, based on its higher proportion of Pu- to U-derived fission Xe, is a
conclusion that is independent of the absolute concentrations of noble
gases andtherelativepartitioncoefficientsofthenoblegases withrespect
to their radiogenic parents.
The combined I–Pu–Xe system has been used to constrain the
closure time for volatile loss of a mantle reservoir through the
129*Xe/136*XePu
ratio1,2,6,25, where 129*Xe is the decay product of 129I
decay and 136*XePu
is 136Xe produced from 244Pu fission. 129I has a
244 129 136
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
129Xe/130Xe
40Ar/36Ar
2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
Iceland mantle
129Xe/130Xe
Air
b
3He/130Xe
0 200 400 600 800 1,000
Air
129Xe/130Xe
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
7.6
7.8
MORB
(2ΠD43)
source
Iceland
mantle
source
a
Figure 3 | Differences in Xe isotopic composition between MORB and the
Iceland plume. a, Correlation between 129Xe and 3He in the ‘popping rock’
MORB (2PD43)17 and Iceland (DICE 10). Error bars are 1s. Data points are
individual step crushes that reflect different degrees of post-eruptive atmospheric
contamination in the vesicles. Air lies near the origin and the mantle
compositions at the other end of the linear arrays. The straight lines are robust
regressions through the data. Because mixing in this space is linear, the lines also
represent the trajectories along which the mantle sources will evolve when mixed
with subducted air. The new observations from Iceland demonstrate that the
Iceland plume 129Xe/130Xe ratio cannot be generated solely through adding
recycled atmospheric Xe to the MORB source, and vice versa. Thus, two mantle
reservoirs with distinct I/Xe ratios are required. The mantle 129Xe/130Xe ratio of
6.986 0.07 for Iceland was derived from a hyperbolic least-squares fit through
the Ar-Xe data (b) corresponding to a mantle 40Ar/36Ar ratio of 10,745. Note that
given the curvature in Ar–Xe space, the 129Xe/130Xe in the Iceland mantle source
is not particularly sensitive to the exact choice of the mantle 40Ar/36Ar ratio.
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