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How Well Bucket Lysimeters Correspond with Whole-catchment Runoff and its Chemistry: A Case Study of Artificial Experimental Catchments at a Post-mining Site Cover

How Well Bucket Lysimeters Correspond with Whole-catchment Runoff and its Chemistry: A Case Study of Artificial Experimental Catchments at a Post-mining Site

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2025-0030 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
Language: English
Page range: 396 - 403
Submitted on: Jul 24, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 27, 2025
Published on: Dec 18, 2025
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