Table 2. Derived Equations for estimating time since death from elemental degradation with the help of linear regression.
| Element | Region | Equations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB | FWD | SWD | ||
| Oxygen | Dentine | y=33·84+0·6629x | - | - |
| Pulpar | - | - | - | |
| Calcium | Dentine | y= 56·10-0·89x | y=46·95-0·599x | - |
| Pulpar | - | - | - | |
| Phosphorus | Dentine | - | y= 22·10-0·257x | y= 18·27-0·062x |
| Pulpar | - | - | ||
| Chlorine | Dentine | - | - | y = 0·443+0·0255x |
| Pulpar | - | - | - | |