Michael Brown

17.8k citations
181 papers · 14.5k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 67

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.02%
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
    • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Papers in

    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis 166
    • earthquake and tectonic studies 108
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 98
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide 11
    • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 17

Michael Brown

179 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Plate Tectonics and the Archean Earth 2020 · 246 citations
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Peers

Michael Brown
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  • Geophysics 14.0k
  • Geochemistry and Petrology 949
  • Artificial Intelligence 4.8k
  • Paleontology 881
  • Geology 467
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael Brown, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Metamorphic Conditions in Orogenic Belts: A Record of Secular Change
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2007523
2
The generation, segregation, ascent and emplacement of granite magma: the migmatite-to-crustally-derived granite connection in thickened orogens
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1994520
3
Evolution and Differentiation of the Continental Crust
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2008484
4
Granite: From genesis to emplacement
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2013482
5 2006435
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Secular change in metamorphism and the onset of global plate tectonics
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2017409
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Delamination and recycling of Archaean crust caused by gravitational instabilities
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2013349
8
Earth’s first stable continents did not form by subduction
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2017336
9 2009315
10 1998311
11 2007276
12 1990271
13 1992270
14 2014260
15 1998249
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Plate Tectonics and the Archean Earth
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2020246
17 2013230
18 2015230
19 2014229
20 1995223

About Michael Brown

Michael Brown is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology, Geology, Artificial Intelligence and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 181 papers that have together received 14.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (166 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (108 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (98 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (50 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (17 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (11 papers) and Geological formations and processes (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (14.0k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (949 citations), Artificial Intelligence (4.8k citations), Paleontology (881 citations) and Geology (467 citations). Michael Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Frequent co-authors include Tim Johnson, Gary S. Solar, Tracy Rushmer, Taras Gerya, Chris Yakymchuk, Elena Sizova, Fawna J. Korhonen, Nicholas J. Gardiner, R. S. D’Lemos and Chris Clark. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Journal of the Geological Society, Geology, Geological Society London Special Publications and Precambrian Research.

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