470 degrees C in open vents above a (presumed) magma dome at 
 > 3000 metres deep on the mid Atlantic ridge. Water is 
supercritical at these temperatures and pressures.

        http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14456


    Russell McMahon 

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