Dating rock deformation with monazite: The impact of dissolution precipitation creep

► Different response of monazite on dislocation and dissolution precipitation creep. ► Monazite participates in dissolution precipitation creep of metamorphic rocks. ► Eu-anomaly links monazite to dissolution precipitation creep of feldspar. ► Old monazite survives high strain in dislocation creep rock matrix. ► We show robust selection criteria for monazite with completely reset U-Th-Pb system.