Abstract
Abstract The chemical Th‐U‐total Pb isochron method (CHIME) has been applied to determine the ages of monazite grains from metasediments of greenscshist‐amphibolite facies in the Altai orogen, northwest China. The area of distribution of these metamorphic rocks is divided into the Permian (261–268 Ma) central‐western and Devonian (377–382 Ma) eastern units on the basis of their metamorphic ages. The Devonian CHIME ages are consistent with the Pb–Pb ages of granitoid in the eastern unit, and support the idea that emplacement of the granitoids was synchronous with regional metamorphism at deep levels. The Permian metamorphic ages (the present study) and igneous ages previously reported from the central‐western unit can be interpreted in terms of subduction of crustal material and oceanic plate, and rapid exhumation.
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