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Interest Rate On Proceeds Due On Installments Of Principal And Interest

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Notes Receivable Term

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Number Of Payments For Proceeds From Divestiture Of Business

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) in the disposal group, including discontinued operation, recognized in the statement of income as a result of the sale or complete or substantially complete liquidation of an investment in a foreign entity.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of noncash consideration received for selling an asset or business through a noncash (or part noncash) transaction.

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The cash inflow associated with the deconsolidation of a previously consolidated subsidiary or the sale of investment in consolidated subsidiaries (generally greater than 50 percent).

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Sale of Subsidiaries (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			15 Months Ended
Sale of Subsidiaries (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($) payment	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss on sale of subsidiary			$ 0	$ 5,405	$ 0
Cumulative translation loss			$ 0	$ 5,355	$ 0
Seismic Asia Pacific Pty Ltd \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of subsidiaries	$ 660
Proceeds in cash from sale of subsidiary	$ 240
Note receivable term (in years)	2 years
Proceeds in note receivable from sale of subsidiary	$ 420
Working capital adjustment	$ 114
Mitcham Seismic Eurasia LLC \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of subsidiaries		$ 1,200
Proceeds in cash from sale of subsidiary						$ 705
Number of payments \| payment		8
Interest rate on payments due from sale of subsidiary		9.00%
Loss on sale of subsidiary		$ 4,900
Cumulative translation loss		$ 5,400