Laboratory Self-Organized Chemical Systems in Geological Settings

Computational feasibility assessment across 300 geological environments

Feasibility Rates

Composite Evidence Scores

System Summary

SystemRateMean ScoreCompositeRankStatus
Chemical Gardens0.68670.66460.83671Confirmed
Silica-Carb. Biomorphs0.80000.53630.67092Hypothesized
Organic Biomorphs0.99670.68260.63413Unconfirmed
Carbon-Sulfur Biomorphs0.98330.66980.62764Unconfirmed

Co-occurrence Statistics

Mean Systems per Environment3.4633
Environments with Any System100.00%
Environments with Multiple99.67%
Chemical Gardens (count)206 / 300
Silica-Carb. Biomorphs239 / 300
Carbon-Sulfur Biomorphs295 / 300
Organic Biomorphs299 / 300

Bootstrap 95% CI for Feasibility Rates

Evidence Score Components

Self-Organized Systems in Geology | Cartwright et al. (2026) | arXiv: 2601.00323