A review of platinum group element (PGE) geochemistry and a study of the changes of PGE contents in the topsoil of Berlin, Germany, between 1992 and 2013

摘要

The data represent the first available data set on platinum group element (PGE) levels in Berlin topsoil. In 2013, over 100 topsoil samples (0-20 cm) were collected in the inner city of Berlin. The PGEs in topsoil samples were analysed by ICP-MS after a trace-matrix separation. The results were compared to analyses of PGEs in Berlin topsoil collected at the same sample sites in 1992.