Abstract: 98 topsoil samples were sampled in Zhangyizhan Town, a suburb region of Shenyang City, which located in alluvial and diluvial fan of Hun river. The contents, distribution characteristics and sources of ten heavy metals in the topsoils were analyzed with the methods of combined geostatistical and multivariate statistics. The results show that the average concentrations of the Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Fe, Hg and Cd in the topsoils are higher than their background values of soils in Liaoning Province. Especially, the Hg and Cd contents are 2.33 and 5.44 times higher than the background values, respectively, and over-limit ratio of these two elements are close to 100%, showing an obvious cumulative trend. Spatial structure analysis shows that the distribution of the Ni, Cr and Fe is influenced by the soil structural variations, such as regional topography, and other elements are mainly affected by random factors of human activities. It could also be found that the contents of Cu, Pb, Zn, Hg and Cd show a very similar spatial pattern, indicated a similar source. The results of correlation analysis and factor analysis show that the sources of these elements can be divided into three categories:the Cr, Ni, Fe and Mn are mostly affected by natural factors, the Pb, Zn, Hg and Cd are mostly affected by anthropogenic influence, and the Cu and As are affected by both of the two factors.