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Employee Benefits	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefits	Sep. 30, 2014
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Employee Benefits	13. Employee Benefits The Company’s U.S. employees are participants in the Geospace Technologies Corporation’s Employee’s 401(k) Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), which covers substantially all eligible employees in the United States. The Plan is a qualified salary reduction plan in which all eligible participants may elect to have a percentage of their compensation contributed to the Plan, subject to certain guidelines issued by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company’s share of discretionary matching contributions was approximately $1.1 million, $0.9 million and $0.7 million in fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company’s stock incentive plan in which key employees may participate are discussed in Note 14 to these Consolidated Financial Statements.