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Summary of Percentage of Operating Revenues from Major Clients (Detail) (Sales Revenue, Net, Customer Concentration Risk)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Sep. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Sales percentage of operating revenue to major clients 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1    
Largest Client      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Sales percentage of operating revenue to major clients 16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= dwsn_CustomerOneMember
19.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= dwsn_CustomerOneMember
 
Second Largest Client      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Sales percentage of operating revenue to major clients 13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= dwsn_CustomerTwoMember
17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= dwsn_CustomerTwoMember
 
Third Largest Client      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Sales percentage of operating revenue to major clients 12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= dwsn_CustomerThreeMember
   
Varied Clients      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Sales percentage of operating revenue to major clients     21.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= dwsn_CustomerFourMember