| The generation, segregation, ascent and emplacement of granite magma: the migmatite-to-crustally-derived granite connection in thickened orogens M Brown Earth-Science Reviews 36 (1-2), 83-130, 1994 | 627 | 1994 |
| Metamorphic conditions in orogenic belts: a record of secular change M Brown International Geology Review 49 (3), 193-234, 2007 | 496 | 2007 |
| Duality of thermal regimes is the distinctive characteristic of plate tectonics since the Neoarchean M Brown Geology 34 (11), 961-964, 2006 | 398 | 2006 |
| Shear-zone systems and melts: feedback relations and self-organization in orogenic belts M Brown, GS Solar Journal of structural geology 20 (2-3), 211-227, 1998 | 367 | 1998 |
| Granite: From genesis to emplacement M Brown GSA Bulletin 125 (7-8), 1079-1113, 2013 | 346 | 2013 |
| Granite magma generation, ascent and emplacement within a transpressional orogen RS D’lemos, M Brown, RA Strachan Journal of the Geological Society 149 (4), 487-490, 1992 | 332 | 1992 |
| Granite ascent and emplacement during contractional deformation in convergent orogens M Brown, GS Solar Journal of Structural Geology 20 (9-10), 1365-1393, 1998 | 290 | 1998 |
| Subduction styles in the Precambrian: Insight from numerical experiments E Sizova, T Gerya, M Brown, LL Perchuk Lithos 116 (3-4), 209-229, 2010 | 281 | 2010 |
| Crustal melting and melt extraction, ascent and emplacement in orogens: mechanisms and consequences M Brown Journal of the Geological Society 164 (4), 709-730, 2007 | 281 | 2007 |
| Melt segregation in migmatites M Brown, YA Averkin, EL McLellan, EW Sawyer Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 100 (B8), 15655-15679, 1995 | 264 | 1995 |
| The mechanism of ascent and emplacement of granite magma during transpression: a syntectonic granite paradigm M Brown, GS Solar Tectonophysics 312 (1), 1-33, 1999 | 225 | 1999 |
| P–T–t evolution of orogenic belts and the causes of regional metamorphism M Brown Journal of the Geological Society 150 (2), 227-241, 1993 | 224 | 1993 |
| Delamination and recycling of Archaean crust caused by gravitational instabilities TE Johnson, M Brown, BJP Kaus, JA VanTongeren Nature Geoscience 7 (1), 47-52, 2014 | 218 | 2014 |
| Ultra‐high‐temperature metamorphism and multistage decompressional evolution of sapphirine granulites from the Palni Hill Ranges, southern India M Raith, S Karmakar, M Brown Journal of Metamorphic Geology 15 (3), 379-399, 1997 | 214 | 1997 |
| Petrogenesis of migmatites in Maine, USA: possible source of peraluminous leucogranite in plutons? GS Solar, M Brown Journal of Petrology 42 (4), 789-823, 2001 | 204 | 2001 |
| When the continental crust melts EW Sawyer, B Cesare, M Brown Elements 7 (4), 229-234, 2011 | 203 | 2011 |
| Retrograde processes in migmatites and granulites revisited M Brown Journal of Metamorphic Geology 20 (1), 25-40, 2002 | 188 | 2002 |
| The definition of metatexis, diatexis and migmatite M Brown Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 84, 371-382, 1973 | 186 | 1973 |
| The contribution of metamorphic petrology to understanding lithosphere evolution and geodynamics M Brown Geoscience Frontiers 5 (4), 553-569, 2014 | 185 | 2014 |
| Orogeny, migmatites and leucogranites: a review M Brown Journal of Earth System Science 110 (4), 313-336, 2001 | 171 | 2001 |
