The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world’s northernmost higher education institution, located in Longyearbyen at 78º N. We provide research-based education of the next generation of Arctic experts in biology, geology, geophysics and technology.
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To apply to UNIS courses, you must be enrolled at Bachelor, Master or PhD level at a Norwegian institution of higher education or an accredited international institution of higher education.
HOW TO APPLYAffiliated Sites
- ARCeX – Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration
- Arctic Safety Centre
- bioCEED – Centre for Excellence in Biology Education
- Birkeland Centre for Space Science
- iEarth – Centre for Integrated Earth Science Education
- Kjell Henriksen Observatory
- LYSEF – Longyearbyen Science and Education Forum
- The Nansen Legacy
- The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research
- SIOS – Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
- UNIS CO2 Lab
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Pore Pressure Regimes of the Northern Barents Shelf
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The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
UNIS is the world’s northernmost higher education institution, located in Longyearbyen, at the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (78º N).
UNIS offers high quality courses at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geology, Arctic Geophysics and Arctic Technology.
📣 PhD DISPUTATION: Thomas Birchall
Our PhD candidate Thomas Birchall has studied the pore pressure of the subsoil in the northern parts of the Norwegian Barents Shelf, including the Svalbard archipelago. His PhD research shows that all cases of abnormally low pressure have undergone geologically recent uplift and typically occur at relatively shallow depths. Thomas will defend his PhD thesis on Tuesday 2 March!
https://www.unis.no/pore-pressure-regimes-of-the-northern-barents-shelf/
#phdlife #geology #Arctic #Svalbard #disputas
Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet, UiO Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)
Our PhD candidate Thomas Birchall has studied the pore pressure of the subsoil in the northern parts of the Norwegian Barents Shelf, including the Svalbard archipelago. His PhD research shows that all cases of abnormally low pressure have undergone geologically recent uplift and typically occur at relatively shallow depths. Thomas will defend his PhD thesis on Tuesday 2 March!
https://www.unis.no/pore-pressure-regimes-of-the-northern-barents-shelf/
#phdlife #geology #Arctic #Svalbard #disputas
Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet, UiO Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)
Pore Pressure Regimes of the Northern Barents Shelf - UNIS
24 February 2021 PhD candidate Thomas Birchall has studied the pore pressure the subsoil in the northern parts of the Norwegian Barents Shelf, including the Svalbard archipelago. Birchall will defend his PhD thesis on 2 March 2021.
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