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  1. Metasediments are common constituents of exhumed lower‐to‐mid‐crustal granulite terranes; understanding their emplacement is significant for the assembly and tectonic evolution of deep continental crust. Here, we report a monazite U‐Th‐Pb petrochronological investigation of the Variscan Ivrea‐Verbano Zone (IVZ) (Val Strona di Omegna section)—an archetypal section of lower crust. Monazite Th‐Pb dates from 11 metapelitic samples decrease with structural depth from 310 to 285 Ma for amphibolite‐facies samples to <290 Ma for granulite‐facies samples. These dates exhibit a time‐resolved variation in monazite trace‐element composition, dominated by the effects of plagioclase and garnet partitioning. Monazite growth under prograde to peak metamorphic conditions began as early as 316 ± 2 Ma. Amphibolite‐facies monazite defines a trend consistent with progressively decreasing garnet modal … 
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