Monograph . — Perm: FSBEI VPO Perm GSHA, 2011. 197s. The monograph presents and summarizes information on the problem of heavy metal contamination of soils of territories with developed metallurgical production. Iron oxides as phase carriers of heavy metals in soil and modern methods of their diagnostics are considered Detailed description of natural and anthropogenic factors of soil formation g. Chusovoy . The morphological and physico-chemical properties, granulometric and gross chemical composition of urban soils are considered, the spatial and intra-profile distribution of iron oxides and heavy metals in soils is analyzed in detail. Presents a map of the magnetic susceptibility of the city soils, compiled using GIS technologies based on magnetometric survey materials. The role of natural and anthropogenic factors in soil pollution . Heavy Metals . Rated