The Oxidative Niche Transition: Abiotic Oxygen as a Closure Constraint Layer
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper formalizes the Oxidative Niche Transition: a structural constraint-layer shift in which localized abiotic oxygen production expands the admissible closure space of chemical networks. Within the ψ₀–OCM (Osborne Cosmological Model), oxidative niches function as localized microenvironments that enable oxygen-mediated pathways prior to global oxygenation. The work provides a cross-scale bridge linking geochemistry, prebiotic chemistry, metabolic energetics, and planetary oxygen stabilization through a unified admissibility framework.
Author: Osborne, John Francis
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7128922210
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