The coastal salt lick soil in Mihe Delta, Laizhou Bay, belongs to loose sediments of recent age and was formed as a result of seawater ingression, evaporation and concentration. With reference to its physico-mechanical property indexes, load tests and soaking load tests at natural temperatures indicate that the salt lick soil has medium compressibility and wet depressibility.The soil s compressibility moduls Es and bearing capacity[R]were decreased noticeably after it is soaked by water, generally to 0.6 as...