By consolidation experiments of peat of suzhou , mud of lianyungang and muddy soil of nantong , differences of settlement velocities between peat foundation and muddy soil foundation were analyzed 通过对苏州泥炭、连云港淤泥、南通淤泥质土3种不同性质的软土进行固结试验,分析了泥炭地基与一般软土地基沉降速率的差别。