@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00047279,
 author = {ト, 文庭 and Ni, Youyi and Guo, Qiuju and 鄭, 建 and 内田, 滋夫 and ト 文庭 and 鄭 建 and 内田 滋夫},
 journal = {Scientific Reports},
 month = {Jul},
 note = {For the first time, soil core samples from the Jiuquan region have been analyzed for Pu isotopes for radioactive source identification and radiological assessment. The Jiuquan region is in downwind from the Lop Nor Chinese nuclear test (CNT) site. The high Pu inventories (13 to 546 Bq/m2) in most of
the sampling locations revealed that this region was heterogeneously contaminated by the regional fallout Pu from the CNTs. The contributions of the CNTs to the total Pu in soils were estimated to be more than 40% in most cases. The 240Pu/239Pu atom ratios in the soils ranged from 0.059 to 0.186
with an inventory-weighted average of 0.158, slightly lower than that of global fallout. This atom ratio could be considered as a mixed fingerprint of Pu from the CNTs. In addition, Pu in soils of Jiuquan region had a faster downward migration rate compared with other investigated places in China.},
 title = {Pu isotopes in soils collected downwind from Lop Nor: regional fallout vs. global fallout},
 volume = {5},
 year = {2015}
}