Features of chrome and nickel spatial distributions in surface soil layer of residential zones at Novy Urengoy city

Features of concentration spatial distributions of chrome and nickel total forms in soils of residential zones in Novy Urengoy city by results of soil ecological screening are presented. Spots of abnormal high concentration of chrome total form in soil, exceeding background sizes on order of magnitude, and similar under the form and spatial arrangement of spot of concentration of nickel total form in soil, exceeding background approximately twice were found out. It is shown that the origin of spots of concentration of chrome total form is not associated with industrial activity.