The Temple of Jupiter Serapis at Puzzuoli, Naples, Italy. This Roman temple was partially submerged after construction, and was subsequently uplifted. The roughened area in the middle of each column shows the effect of marine rock-boring clams (Lithodomus); the dividing line and the smooth area at the bottom of each column shows how far it was buried in sediment, thus avoiding the clams. Charles Lyell used this image as the frontispiece from Principles of Geology Vol.

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Temple of Jupiter Serapis, 1830

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