著者

吉川 周作 山崎 秀夫 井上 淳 三田村 宗樹 長岡 信治 兵頭 政幸 平岡 義博 内山 高 内山 美恵子

出版者

一般社団法人 日本地質学会

雑誌

地質学雑誌 (ISSN:00167630)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.107, no.8, pp.535-538, 2001-08-15 (Released:2008-04-11)

参考文献数

20

被引用文献数

1 1

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The explosion of a plutonium atomic bomb over Nagasaki city took place on 9 August 1945. After the explosion, a cloud formed, which passed over the Nishiyama district, where 'black rain' fell. Thus, the Nishiyama reservoir, located approximately 3 km from the hypocenter, received the heaviest radioactive fallout from the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Sediment samples were collected from the bottom of the Nishiyama reservoir in 1999 and analyzed for their 137Cs, 241Am and charcoal concentrations. The stratigraphic distribution of 137Cs and charcoal clearly indicate that the 'black rain' horizon is recognized in the Nishiyama reservoir sediments. The 'black rain' horizon contains anthropogenic radionuclides (137Cs and 241Am) and charcoal in high concentrations.