The present study shows the results of field and laboratory studies of trace element transfer from waste heaps of metallurgical slags (Kemerovo region, town of Belovo). Temperature anomalies were observed, with high temperatures up to 81.2 °C on the top of the heap. A visual geophysical model of the inner parts of the heap with contrasting resistivity zones was obtained using the electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) method, and quantitative characteristics were derived. Dry and frozen slag zones were characterized by resistivity of 50-500 Ohm·m. The resistivity of wet slag varied from 5 to 10 Ohm·m for slag with low humidity of 1-2 Ohm·m for slag saturated with highly mineralized solutions. The local anomaly of extremely low resistivity (0.3-0.5 Ohm·m) might be associated with a combustion centre or high pore solutions TDS.
