The Flaming Cliff site, really Bayanzag is a region of the Gobi
Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which
important fossil finds have been made. It was given this name by
American paleolontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. The area is most
famous for yielding the first discovery of dinosaur eggs.
The rock gives off a glowing orange colour, hence the nickname.
Geologists call this formation the Djadochta Formation, which is
mostly situated in central Asia and dates from the Late Cretaceous
Period.
The area preserves an arid habitat of sand dunes with little
freshwater apart froma oases and arroyos. In fact, the present-day
climate at most Djadochta Formation sites differs little from what
it was some 80 mya.
The Saxaul Plant in the Gobi desert is often the only kind of
tree found. The thick bark stores humidity and pay be pressed for
drinking water, making Saxaul an important sauce of water in dry
regions. It used to be, and in some places still is, the only wood
that nomads can use for heating and cooking.
A parasit plant that grows on the roots is prized in Chinese
medicine as the"desert ginseng".
Conditions for logging the Cache:
a) Take a picture of you and/or your GPS in front of the
formation you see on the spoiler foto.
b) Answer the following questions and send an email to me:
1.) When was Bayanzag discovered?
2.) How long lasted the Ctretaceous Period?
3.) Tell me the botanical name of the saxaul plant?
4.) Tell me at least three famous dinosaurs finds?
5.) Describe the construction of the small museum beside the cliffs
showing the fossiled dinosaur eggs?
Any "Found"-Logs without permission will be deleted.
Happy Caching!