Prof. Dr. Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological),Mineralogy, Crystallography
KeywordsGeochemical goitrogens, Iodine deficiency in human beings, Medical geology

Current contact address

CountrySri Lanka
CityPeradeniya
InstitutionUniversity of Peradeniya
InstituteDepartment of Geology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Heinz-Jürgen TobschallInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Jürgen TobschallInstitut für Geologie und Mineralogie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Jürgen TobschallLehrstuhl für Angewandte Geologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/1982

Programme(s)

1981Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2002P. N. Ranasinghe, R. Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, M. S. Rupasinghe: Importance of grain size factor in distribution of trace elements in stream sediments of tropical high grade terrains - A case study from Sri Lanka. In: Chemie der Erde, 2002, 243-254
2001Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, R. Chatrajith, S. W. Nawaratine: A review of the geochemistry of sedimentary gem deposits of Sri Lanka. In: Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 2001, 71-99
2001R. Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, H. J. Tobschall: Enrichment of High Strength Elements in sediments of a granulite terrain in Sri Lanka-Evidence for a mineralized belt. In: Chemical Geology, 2001, 259-271
2001S. W. Nawaratne, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake: Gold occurrence in Madagascar, South India and Sri Lanka: Significance of a possible Pan-African event. In: Gondwana Research, 2001, 367-377
2000R. Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, H. J. Tobschall: Application of multi-element relationships in stream sediments to mineral exploration: A case study of the Walawe Ganga Basin, Sri Lanka. In: Applied Geochemistry (Pewrgamon), 2000, 339-350
2000Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, R. Chandrajith, J. P. Boudou Biogenic Graphite as a geomerker-application to continental reconstruction of Pan-African Gondwana terrains. In: Gondwana Research, 2000, 405-413
2000R. Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, H. J. Tobschall: Geochemical mapping of stream sediments in the Walawe Ganga Basin - a statistical approach. In: Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 2000, 29-38
2000Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake: Mineral Resources. In: Ntional Science Foundation, Natural Resources of Sri Lanka. Publication of the National Science Foundation, 2000. 131-151
2000Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, R. Chandrajith: Rare element geochemistry and mineralogy of gem-bearing sediments of Sri Lanka. In: Bulletine of the Geological Society of Tinland, 2000, 5-20
2000Rohana Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, H. J. Tobschall: Sources of stream sediments in granulite terrains of the Walawe Ganga Basin, Sri Lanka, indicated by Rare Earth Element Geochemistry. In: Applied Geochemistry, 2000, 1369-1381
2000R. Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, H. J. Tobschall: The Stream sediment geochemistry of the Walawe Ganga Basin, Sri Lanka - implication for Gondwana mineralization. In: Gondwana Research , 2000, 189-204
2000F. M. Fordyce, C. Johnson, U. Navaratne, J. D. Appleton, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake: The relationship between selenium and iodine in soil, grain, and drinking water and endemic goitre in Sri Lanka. In: Science of the Total Environment, 2000, 127-142
1999Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, Rohana Chandrajith: Medical geochemistry of Tropical Environments. In: Earth Science Reviews, 1999, 219-258
1999Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, Rohana Chandrajith: Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana linkage: Evidence for a Pan African mineral belt. In: The Journal of Geology, 1999, 223-235
1999Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, Rohana Chandrajith, H. J. Tobschall: The iodine cycle in the tropical environment-Implication on iodine deficiency disorders. In: International Journal of Environmental Studies, 1999, 357-372
1999Rohana Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, H. J. Tobschall: Vertical variation of trace elements in gem deposits from Ratnapura and Buttala gem fields in Sri Lanka. In: Chemie der Erde, 1999, 135-150
1998Rohana Chandrajith, Chandrasekara Bandara Dissanayake, H. J. Tobschall: A note on Buttala and Okkampitiya gem fields in Sri Lanka. In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft, 1998, 69-76