Table 3.

Baseline values of PTE from the alluvial deposits of Santiago, and admissible levels (in mg kg⁻¹) in soils and stream sediments according to the Ontario (88) and Dutch guidelines (89).

Element	BV-S	Canadian Guidelines			Dutch Guidelines
		Soil Agricultural Property Uses	Soil Residential Property Uses	Sediments (All Types of Property Uses	Target Values
As	0.25	11	18	6	29
Cd	0.1	1	1.2	0.6	0.8
Co	44.7	19	21	50	9
Cr	114	67	70	26	100
Cu	48.7	62	92	16	36
Hg	0.01	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3
Mn	1182	-	-	-	-
Ni	154	37	82	16	36
Pb	3.8	45	129	31	85
V	159	86	86	90	-
Zn	81	290	290	120	140

Note: The bold values highlight the concentrations of PTE of guidelines which are below the respectively concentrations of baseline values in Santiago alluvium.