"halosteric" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1990, H. Frank Eden, Towards an integrated system for measuring long term changes in global sea level, page 4:",
          "text": "Since there is no major source of new salt in the ocean, halosteric contributions will result from redistribution of salt by currents, a change in evaporation over precipitation and runoff or from a change in salt concentration by a net change in the water stored in ice sheets.",
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          "text": "Antonov et al. (2002) attributed about 10% of the global average steric sea level rise during recent decades to halosteric expansion (i.e., the volume increase caused by freshening of the water column).",
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          "ref": "2012, Piero Lionello, The Climate of the Mediterranean Region, →ISBN, page 266:",
          "text": "Thermosteric and halosteric changes may be partly due to changes in the inflowing Atlantic water and also due to changes in surface heat fluxes within the Mediterranean basin.",
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