“…A complex of various heavy metal adsorption-desorption processes are running in the soil depending on its properties, heavy metal origin and competitive sorption (Sabienė, 2004;Anagu, 2011;Chotpantarat et al, 2011 a;b;Pokrovsky et al, 2012), land use (Citeau et al, 2002;Xia et al, 2011), fertilization, tillage effects, and soil contamination (Antanaitis, Antanaitis, 2004;Brannval, Spakauskas, 2007;Chrastný et al, 2012) as well as heavy metal distribution in the soil profile due to water flow paths (Knechtenhofer et al, 2003;Wehrer, Totsche, 2003;Kirkham, 2014). Data of the statistical analysis by artificial neural networks using 13 soil properties (clay, silt and sand content, pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, iron, manganese and aluminium oxides (FeO x , MnO x and AlO x ), cation exchange capacity, water soluble iron, manganese and aluminium) showed that the most important factor for the heavy metal sorption is soil pH, following organic carbon (only in topsoil samples), clay content, especially for thallium and molybdenum.…”