Table 1 Summary of studies on predictive models.

From: Assessing the predictability of existing water-to-enamel geolocation models against known human teeth

Study

Time period

Sampled material

Geographical scale

Definition of drinking water

Oxygen analysis

Longinelli6

End of nineteenth century

Human bone

Global

Meteoric water

Phosphate (BiPO4)

Luz et al.7

Unspecified

Human tooth

Global

Estimated precipitation and tap water

Phosphate (BiPO4)

Levinson et al.8

Modern

Human tooth

Global

Unspecified

Phosphate (BiPO4)

Daux et al.16 (Eq. 4)

Modern and historical (Greenland)

Human 2nd and 3rd molars

Global

Tap water (OPIC for Disko Bay)

Phosphate (Ag3PO4)

Daux et al.16 (Eq. 5)

Modern and historical (Greenland)

Human 2nd and 3rd molars

Global

OIPC precipitation estimate

Phosphate (Ag3PO4)

Ehleringer et al.14

Modern

Human tooth

Country (US)

Tap water

Carbonate

Posey22

Modern

Human tooth (incisors, canines, premolars, molars)

Region (Middle East)

Tap water

Carbonate

Herrmann et al.19

Modern

Human tooth

Country (US)

Meteoric water

Phosphate (Ag3PO4)

Keller et al.20

Modern

Human 3rd molars

Country (US)

River water

Carbonate

Warner et al.23

Modern

Human 3rd molars

State (Mississippi, US)

Tap water

Carbonate

Dotsika17

Modern

Human 2nd molars

Country (Greece)

Spring water

Carbonate