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3 Document - Document and Entity Information [Abstract] Abstract cgg:DocumentandEntityInformationAbstract
4 Document Type Concept (Submission Type) For Period dei:DocumentType
5 Amendment Flag Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:AmendmentFlag
6 Document Period End Date Concept (Date) For Period dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate
7 Document Fiscal Year Focus Concept (Year) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalYearFocus
8 Document Fiscal Period Focus Concept (Fiscal Period) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus
9 Trading Symbol Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:TradingSymbol
10 Entity Registrant Name Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:EntityRegistrantName
11 Entity Central Index Key Concept (CIK Number) For Period dei:EntityCentralIndexKey
12 Current Fiscal Year End Date Concept (Month/Day) For Period dei:CurrentFiscalYearEndDate
13 Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer
14 Entity Current Reporting Status Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityCurrentReportingStatus
15 Entity Filer Category Concept (Filer Category) For Period dei:EntityFilerCategory
16 Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding Concept (Shares) As Of dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding
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19 Statement of financial position [Abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:StatementOfFinancialPositionAbstract
20 ASSETS Abstract ifrs-full:AssetsAbstract
21 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
22 Trade accounts and notes receivable, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherReceivables
23 Inventories and work-in-progress, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InventoriesTotal
24 Income tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxAssetsCurrent
25 Other current assets, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit cgg:OtherCurrentAssetsNet
26 Assets held for sale, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssetsOrDisposalGroupsClassifiedAsHeldForSale
27 Total current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
28 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
29 Investments and other financial assets, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit cgg:InvestmentsAndOtherFinancialAssetsNet
30 Investments in companies under equity method Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
31 Property, plant and equipment, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
32 Intangible assets, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
33 Goodwill, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
34 Total non-current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
35 TOTAL ASSETS Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
36 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilitiesAbstract
37 Bank overdrafts Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:BankOverdraftsClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
38 Current portion of financial debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
39 Trade accounts and notes payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayables
40 Accrued payroll costs Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:AccruedPayrollCosts
41 Income taxes payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxLiabilitiesCurrent
42 Advance billings to customers Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentAdvances
43 Provisions - current portion Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentProvisions
44 Current liabilities associated with funded receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AssociatedLiabilitiesThatEntityContinuesToRecogniseToExtentOfContinuingInvolvement
45 Other current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:OtherCurrentLiabilitiesNet
46 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
47 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
48 Provisions - non-current portion Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentProvisions
49 Financial debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
50 Other non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:OtherNoncurrentLiabilitiesNet
51 Total non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
52 Common stock: 41,690,360 shares authorized and 22,133,149 shares with a €0.80 nominal value issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
53 Additional paid-in capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AdditionalPaidinCapital
54 Retained earnings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
55 Other Reserves Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherReserves
56 Treasury shares Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TreasuryShares
57 Cumulative income and expense recognized directly in equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncome
58 Cumulative translation adjustment Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ReserveOfExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
59 Equity attributable to owners of CGG S.A. Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParent
60 Non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterests
61 Total equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
62 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
63 1004 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (Parenthetical) Network

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65 Borrowings by name [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
66 Borrowings by name [Member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
67 Unsecured senior notes [member] Member cgg:UnsecuredSeniorNotesMember
68 Classes of financial liabilities [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis
69 Financial liabilities, class [Member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesMember
70 Financial Debt [Member] Member cgg:FinancialDebtMember
71 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
72 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
73 Announcing or Commencing Implementation of Major Restructuring [Member] Member ifrs-full:AnnouncingOrCommencingImplementationOfMajorRestructuringMember
74 Statement [LineItems] LineItems cgg:StatementLineItems
75 Number of shares authorized Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesAuthorised
76 Number of shares issued Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
77 Number of shares outstanding Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
78 Nominal value per share Concept (Share) As Of ifrs-full:ParValuePerShare
79 Financial debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
80 Current portion of financial debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
81 Non-current portion of financial debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
82 Equity impact on financial restructuring Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:EffectOfChangeInEquityToFinancialRestructuringWithSettlementDelivery
83 Equity impact of equitization of unsecured senior debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:EffectOfChangeInEquityDueToEquitizationOfUnsecuredSeniorDebt
84 1005 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS Network

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86 Profit or loss [Abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:IncomeStatementAbstract
87 Operating revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
88 Other income from ordinary activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:MiscellaneousOtherOperatingIncome
89 Total income from ordinary activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueAndOperatingIncome
90 Cost of operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CostOfSales
91 Gross profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GrossProfit
92 Research and development expenses - net Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
93 Marketing and selling expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SalesAndMarketingExpense
94 General and administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
95 Other revenues (expenses) - net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:OtherRevenuesExpensesNet
96 Operating income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
97 Expenses related to financial debt Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:BorrowingCostsRecognisedAsExpense
98 Income provided by cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestIncomeOnCashAndCashEquivalents
99 Cost of financial debt, net Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:BorrowingCostsIncurred
100 Other financial income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:OtherFinancialIncomeLoss
101 Income (loss) of consolidated companies before income taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
102 Income taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
103 Net income (loss) from consolidated companies Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromContinuingOperations
104 Share of income (loss) in companies accounted for under equity method Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
105 Net income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
106 Attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToAbstract
107 Owners of CGG S.A. Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOwnersOfParent
108 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
109 Weighted average number of shares outstanding Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
110 Dilutive potential shares from stock options Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:DilutiveEffectOfShareOptionsOnNumberOfOrdinaryShares
111 Dilutive potential shares from performance share plans Concept (Shares) For Period cgg:DilutivePotentialSharesFromPerformanceSharePlan
112 Dilutive potential shares from Convertible bonds Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:DilutiveEffectOfConvertibleInstrumentsOnNumberOfOrdinaryShares
113 Dilutive weighted average number of shares outstanding adjusted when dilutive Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:AdjustedWeightedAverageShares
114 Net income (loss) per share Abstract ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareAbstract
115 - Basic Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShareFromContinuingOperations
116 - Diluted Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShareFromContinuingOperations
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120 Average exchange rate Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:AverageForeignExchangeRate
121 1007 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) Network

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124 Net income (loss) from statements of operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
125 Other comprehensive income to be reclassified in profit (loss) in subsequent period: Abstract ifrs-full:ComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTaxAbstract
126 Net gain (loss) on cash flow hedges Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxCashFlowHedges
127 Net gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
128 Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
129 Net other comprehensive income to be reclassified in profit (loss) in subsequent period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
130 Other comprehensive income not to be classified in profit (loss) in subsequent period: Abstract ifrs-full:ComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillNotBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTaxAbstract
131 Net gain (loss) on actuarial changes on pension plan Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRemeasurementsOfDefinedBenefitPlans
132 Net other comprehensive income not to be reclassified in profit (loss) in subsequent period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillNotBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
133 Other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
134 Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
135 Attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToAbstract
136 Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
137 Owners of CGG Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToOwnersOfParent
138 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
139 1008 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY Network

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142 Equity [Member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
143 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
144 additional paid-in capital [member] Member ifrs-full:AdditionalPaidinCapitalMember
145 Retained earnings [member] Member ifrs-full:RetainedEarningsMember
146 Other reserves [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherReservesMember
147 Treasury shares [member] Member ifrs-full:TreasurySharesMember
148 Income and expense recognized directly in equity [member] Member cgg:IncomeAndExpenseRecognizedDirectlyInEquityMember
149 Cumulative translation adjustment [member] Member ifrs-full:ReserveOfExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationMember
150 Equity attributable to owners of CGGVeritas SA [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParentMember
151 Non-controlling interests [member] Member ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterestsMember
152 Statement of changes in equity [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:StatementOfChangesInEquityLineItems
153 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
154 Beginning balance shares Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
155 Net gain (loss) on actuarial changes on pension plan Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRemeasurementsOfDefinedBenefitPlans
156 Net gain (loss) on cash flow hedges Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxCashFlowHedges
157 Net gain (loss) on available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
158 Exchange differences on foreign currency translation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
159 Other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
160 Net income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
161 Comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
162 Capital increase Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
163 Capital increase, shares Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfOrdinarySharesIssued
164 Share capital reduction (see note15) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReductionOfIssuedCapital
165 Dividends Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidToNoncontrollingInterests
166 Cost of share-based payment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
167 Exchange differences on foreign currency translation generated by the parent company Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ExchangeDifferencesOnForeignCurrencyTranslationGeneratedByTheParentCompany
168 Public exchange offer of convertible bonds, net of tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfConvertibleInstruments
169 Transfer to retained earnings of the parent company Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransferToStatutoryReserve
170 Changes in consolidation scope and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersAndOtherChangesEquity
171 Ending balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
172 Ending balance shares Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
173 1009 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Parenthetical) Network

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175 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
176 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
177 Announcing or Commencing Implementation of Major Restructuring [Member] Member ifrs-full:AnnouncingOrCommencingImplementationOfMajorRestructuringMember
178 Statement of changes in equity [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:StatementOfChangesInEquityLineItems
179 Stock split ratio Concept (Pure) As Of cgg:StockholdersEquityNoteStockSplitConversionRatio2
180 Equity impact on financial restructuring Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:EffectOfChangeInEquityToFinancialRestructuringWithSettlementDelivery
181 Gain on financial restructuring Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:EffectOfChangeInProfitLossToFinancialRestructuringWithSettlementDelivery
182 1010 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Network

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185 OPERATING Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivitiesAbstract
186 Net income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
187 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpenseExcludingMulticlientSurveys
188 Multi-client surveys depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:AdjustmentsForMulticlientSurveysDepreciationAndAmortizationExpense
189 Depreciation and amortization capitalized in multi-client surveys Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:AdjustmentsForDepreciationAndAmortizationCapitalizedInMulticlientSurveys
190 Variance on provisions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForProvisions
191 Stock based compensation expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForSharebasedPayments
192 Net (gain) loss on disposal of fixed and financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForLossesGainsOnDisposalOfNoncurrentAssets
193 Equity (income) loss of investees Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
194 Dividends received from investments in companies under equity method Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:DividendsReceivedFromInvestmentsAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
195 Other non-cash items Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherAdjustmentsForNoncashItems
196 Net cash flow including net cost of financial debt and income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:NetCashFlowIncludingNetCostOfFinancialDebtAndIncomeTax
197 Less net cost of financial debt Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceCosts
198 Less income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncomeTaxExpense
199 Net cash flow excluding net cost of financial debt and income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:NetCashFlowExcludingNetCostOfFinancialDebtAndIncomeTax
200 Income tax paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
201 Net cash flow before changes in working capital Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperationsBeforeChangesInWorkingCapital
202 - change in trade accounts and notes receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAccountReceivable
203 - change in inventories and work-in-progress Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
204 - change in other current assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInOtherCurrentAssets
205 - change in trade accounts and notes payable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAccountPayable
206 - change in other current liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentLiabilities
207 Impact of changes in exchange rate on financial items Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ImpactOfChangesInExchangeRateOnFinancialItems
208 Net cash flow provided by operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
209 INVESTING Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivitiesAbstract
210 Total capital expenditures (including variation of fixed assets suppliers, excluding multi-client surveys) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:CapitalExpendituresIncludingVariationOfFixedAssetsSuppliersExcludingMulticlientSurveys
211 Investments in multi-client surveys, net cash Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:InvestmentsInMultiClientSurveysNetCash
212 Proceeds from disposals of tangible and intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ProceedsFromDisposalsOfTangibleAndIntangibleAssets
213 Total net proceeds from financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromLosingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
214 Acquisition of investments, net of cash & cash equivalents acquired Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashFlowsUsedInObtainingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
215 Variation in loans granted Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:VariationInLoansGranted
216 Variation in subsidies for capital expenditures Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:VariationInSubsidiesForCapitalExpenditure
217 Variation in other non-current financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:VariationInOtherNonCurrentFinancialAssets
218 Net cash flow used in investing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
219 FINANCING Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivitiesAbstract
220 Repayment of long-term debt Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
221 Total issuance of long-term debt Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
222 Lease repayments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsOfFinanceLeaseLiabilitiesClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
223 Change in short-term loans Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInIncreaseDecreaseInCurrentBorrowings
224 Financial expenses paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
225 Net proceeds from capital increase: Abstract cgg:CashFlowsFromCapitalIncreaseAbstract
226 - from shareholders Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssuingShares
227 - from non-controlling interests of integrated companies Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ProceedsFromNonControllingInterestsOfIntegratedCompaniesByCapitalIncrease
228 Dividends paid and share capital reimbursements: Abstract cgg:DividendsPaidClassifiedAsFinancingActivitiesAbstract
229 - to shareholders Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidToEquityHoldersOfParentClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
230 - to non-controlling interests of integrated companies Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidToNoncontrollingInterestsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
231 Acquisition/disposal from treasury shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromSaleOrIssueOfTreasuryShares
232 Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
233 Effect of exchange rates on cash Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:EffectOfExchangeRateChangesOnCashAndCashEquivalents
234 Impact of changes in consolidation scope Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PortionOfConsiderationPaidReceivedConsistingOfCashAndCashEquivalents
235 Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
236 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
237 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
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242 1012 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition And Divestures Network

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262 1017 - Disclosure - Investments and Other Financial Assets Network

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274 1020 - Disclosure - Intangible Assets Network

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282 1022 - Disclosure - Other Current Liabilities Network

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286 1023 - Disclosure - Financial Debt Network

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290 1024 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments Network

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294 1025 - Disclosure - Common Stock and Stock Option Plans Network

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302 1027 - Disclosure - Other Non-current Liabilities Network

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306 1028 - Disclosure - Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies Network

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310 1029 - Disclosure - Analysis by Operating Segment and Geographic Area Network

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314 1030 - Disclosure - Research and Development Expenses Network

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318 1031 - Disclosure - Other Revenues and Expenses Network

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326 1033 - Disclosure - Other Financial Income (Loss) Network

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334 1035 - Disclosure - Personnel Network

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338 1036 - Disclosure - Key Management Personnel Compensation Network

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342 1037 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactions Network

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346 1038 - Disclosure - Supplementary Cash Flow Information Network

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350 1039 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share Network

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354 1040 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events Network

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358 1041 - Disclosure - List of Principal Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 Network

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366 1043 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) Network

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370 Use of judgment and estimates Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfAccountingJudgementsAndEstimatesExplanatory
371 Going concern assumptions Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGoingConcernExplanatory
372 Basis of consolidation Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfBasisOfConsolidationExplanatory
373 Foreign currency Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForForeignCurrencyTranslationExplanatory
374 Business combinations Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForBusinessCombinationsExplanatory
375 Operating revenues Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForRecognitionOfRevenue
376 Cost of net financial debt Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForBorrowingCostsExplanatory
377 Income taxes and deferred taxes Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIncomeTaxAndDeferredTaxesExplanatory
378 Intangible and tangible assets Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIntangibleAndTangibleAssetsExplanatory
379 Investments in companies under equity method Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForInvestmentInAssociatesAndJointVenturesExplanatory
380 Investments and other financial assets Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForInvestmentsAndOtherFinancialAssetsExplanatory
381 Treasury shares Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForTreasurySharesExplanatory
382 Inventories Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForMeasuringInventories
383 Trade accounts and Notes receivable Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForTradeAndOtherReceivablesExplanatory
384 Provisions Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForProvisionsExplanatory
385 Financial debt Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForBorrowingsExplanatory
386 Convertible debt Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
387 Derivative financial instruments Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForDerivativeFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
388 Cash flow statement Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForCashFlowsExplanatory
389 Share-based payments, including stock options Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForSharebasedPaymentTransactionsExplanatory
390 Grants Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForGovernmentGrants
391 Earnings per share Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForEarningsPerShareExplanatory
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396 1045 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition And Divestures (Tables) Network

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400 Summary of Issuance of New Shares Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfSharesIssuedExplanatory
401 Summary of Financial Restructuring, Cash and Cash Equivalents Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:SummaryOfFinancialRestructuringCashAndCashEquivalentsExplanatory
402 Summary of Financial Restructuring, Net Proceeds from Restructuring Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:SummaryOfFinancialRestructuringNetProceedsFromRestructuringExplanatory
403 Summary of Financial Restructuring, Financial Debt (Gross) Level Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfGrossDebtLevelExplanatory
404 1046 - Disclosure - Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable (Tables) Network

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408 Summary of Ageing Analysis of Net Trade Accounts and Notes Receivables Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfAgeingAnalysisOfNetTradeAccountsAndNotesReceivablesExplanatory
409 1047 - Disclosure - Inventories and Work in Progress (Tables) Network

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414 1048 - Disclosure - Other Current Assets and Assets Held for Sale (Tables) Network

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418 Summary of Assets Held for Sale Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNoncurrentAssetsHeldForSaleAndDiscontinuedOperationsExplanatory
419 1049 - Disclosure - Asset Valuation Allowance (Tables) Network

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423 1050 - Disclosure - Investments and Other Financial Assets (Tables) Network

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427 Summary of Non-Consolidated Investments Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfUnconsolidatedStructuredEntitiesExplanatory
428 1051 - Disclosure - Investments in Companies Under Equity Method (Tables) Network

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433 Summary of Main Contributive Of Investments in Companies Under Equity Method Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfMainContributiveOfInvestmentsInCompaniesUnderEquityMethodExplanatory
434 Summary of Investments in Companies under Equity Method Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfIncomeLossInCompaniesAccountedForUnderTheEquityMethodExplanatory
435 Summary of Share of Income (Loss) in Companies Accounted for under Equity Method Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfShareOfIncomeLossInCompaniesAccountedForUnderTheEquityMethodExplanatory
436 1052 - Disclosure - Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables) Network

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440 Schedule of Variation of the Period of Property Plant and Equipment Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutChangesInPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
441 Reconciliation of Acquisitions with Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfReconciliationOfChangesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
442 Summary of Land, Buildings and Geophysical Equipment Recorded Under Finance Leases Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfRecognisedFinanceLeaseAsAssetsByLesseeExplanatory
443 1053 - Disclosure - Intangible Assets (Tables) Network

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447 Schedule of Variation of Intangible Assets Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfChangesIntangibleAssetOtherThanGoodwillExplanatory
448 Summary of Reconciliation of Acquisitions with Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and Capital Expenditures Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfReconciliationOfChangesInIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillExplanatory
449 1054 - Disclosure - Goodwill (Tables) Network

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453 Summary of Total Group Goodwill per Segment Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInformationForIndividualAssetOrCashgeneratingUnitWithSignificantAmountOfGoodwillOrIntangibleAssetsWithIndefiniteUsefulLivesExplanatory
454 Summary of Changes in Assumptions used in Impairment Test Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutSensitivityToChangesInAssumptionsExplanatory
455 1055 - Disclosure - Other Current Liabilities (Tables) Network

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459 1056 - Disclosure - Financial Debt (Tables) Network

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463 Summary of Changes in Liabilities Arising From Financing Activities Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfReconciliationOfLiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivitiesExplanatory
464 Schedule of Financial Debt by Financing Sources Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfBorrowingFacilitiesExplanatory
465 Schedule of Financial Debt by Currency Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfAnalysisOfBorrowingsByCurrencyExplanatory
466 Schedule of Financial Debt by Interest Rate Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinancialInstrumentsByTypeOfInterestRateExplanatory
467 Summary of Analysis of Authorized Credit Lines Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfAnalysisOfAuthorizedCreditLinesExplanatory
468 1057 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments (Tables) Network

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472 Summary of Effects of Forward Exchange Contracts on Financial Statements Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutCurrencyForwardContractsExplanatory
473 Summary of Variable Interest Rate Exposure by Maturity Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfVariableInterestRateExposureByMaturityExplanatory
474 Summary of Variable Interest Rate Exposure over Financial Assets and Liabilities Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfVariableInterestRateExposureOverFinancialAssetsAndLiabilitiesExplanatory
475 Summary of Financial Instruments by Categories in Statement of Financial Position Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
476 1058 - Disclosure - Common Stock and Stock Option Plans (Tables) Network

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480 Summary of Company's Stock Option Activity, and Related Information Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNumberAndWeightedAverageExercisePricesOfShareOptionsExplanatory
481 Summary of Assumptions Used to Value Options Plans Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIndirectMeasurementOfFairValueOfGoodsOrServicesReceivedShareOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodExplanatory
482 Summary of Fair Value of Stock Options and Performance Shares and Units Granted Recognized as Expense Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfFairValueOfStockOptionsAndPerformanceSharesAndUnitsGrantedRecognizedAsExpenseOverLifeOfPlanExplanatory
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489 Summary of Major Categories of Plan Assets Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFairValueOfPlanAssetsExplanatory
490 1060 - Disclosure - Other Non-current Liabilities (Tables) Network

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494 1061 - Disclosure - Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) Network

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497 Schedule of Status on Contractual Obligations Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfContractualObligationsExplanatory
498 Schedule of Future Periods Relating to Contractual Obligations Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfFuturePaymentsOfCommitmentsExplanatory
499 Schedule of Reconciliation Between Finance Lease Obligations and Finance Lease Debts Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfReconciliationBetweenFinanceLeaseObligationsAndFinanceLeaseDebtsExplanatory
500 Summary of Guarantees Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfGuaranteesExplanatory
501 Summary of Duration of Guarantees and Commitments Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfGuaranteesAndCommitmentsDurationExplanatory
502 1062 - Disclosure - Analysis by Operating Segment and Geographic Area (Tables) Network

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505 Analysis by Segment Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOperatingSegmentsExplanatory
506 Analysis of Operating Revenues by Location of Customers Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGeographicalAreasExplanatory
507 Summary of Analysis of Operating Revenues by Category Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfProductsAndServicesExplanatory
508 1063 - Disclosure - Research and Development Expenses (Tables) Network

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511 Summary of Research and Development Expenses Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseExplanatory
512 1064 - Disclosure - Other Revenues and Expenses (Tables) Network

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515 Summary of Other Revenues and Expenses Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfOtherOperatingIncomeAndExpenseNetExplanatory
516 1065 - Disclosure - Cost of Financial Debt (Tables) Network

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519 Schedule of Cost of Financial Debt Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfFinancialDebtAndRelatedFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
520 1066 - Disclosure - Other Financial Income (Loss) (Tables) Network

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523 Schedule of Other Financial Income (Loss) Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfOtherIncomeAndExpensesExplanatory
524 1067 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Tables) Network

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527 Schedule of Income Tax Benefit (Expense) Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfIncomeTaxBenefitsExpenseExplanatory
528 Schedule of Income Tax Reconciliation Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfReconciliationOfIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitExplanatory
529 Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilitiesExplanatory
530 Summary of Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities) Per Tax Group Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDeferredTaxesPerTaxGroupExplanatory
531 Summary of Net Operating Loss Carried Forward Not Recognized Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsExplanatory
532 1068 - Disclosure - Personnel (Tables) Network

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535 Summary of Analysis of Personnel Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutAnalysisOfPersonnelExplanatory
536 1069 - Disclosure - Key Management Personnel Compensation (Tables) Network

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539 Summary of Directors and Key C-Com Members' Compensation Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfKeyManagementPersonnelCompensationExplanatory
540 1070 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactions (Tables) Network

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543 Summary of Transactions with Related Parties Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesExplanatory
544 1071 - Disclosure - Supplementary Cash Flow Information (Tables) Network

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547 Summary of Cash and Cash Equivalents Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfCashAndCashEquivalentsExplanatory
548 1072 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share (Tables) Network

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551 Summary of Earnings per Share Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareExplanatory
552 1073 - Disclosure - List of Principal Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 (Tables) Network

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555 Summary of Subsidiaries Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInterestsInSubsidiariesExplanatory
556 1074 - Disclosure - Condensed Consolidating Information for Certain Subsidiaries (Tables) Network

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559 Summary of Condensed Consolidated Financial Information Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period cgg:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfCondensedConsolidatedFinancialInformationExplanatory
560 1075 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Intangible and Tangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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564 Development costs capitalized [member] Member ifrs-full:CapitalisedDevelopmentExpenditureMember
565 Customer Relationships [Member] Member ifrs-full:CustomerrelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
566 Research - technology [Member] Member ifrs-full:TechnologybasedIntangibleAssetsMember
567 Multi-Client Surveys [Member] Member cgg:MulticlientSurveysMember
568 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
569 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
570 Announcing or Commencing Implementation of Major Restructuring [Member] Member ifrs-full:AnnouncingOrCommencingImplementationOfMajorRestructuringMember
571 Disclosure of detailed information about intangible assets [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIntangibleAssetsLineItems
572 Percentage of license delivery representing of contract Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfLicenseDeliveryRepresentingOfContract
573 Percentage of potentially increase Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfPotentiallyIncrease
574 Percentage of potentially decrease Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfPotentiallyDecrease
575 Revenue from contracts with customers Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromContractsWithCustomers
576 Net proceeds from restructuring Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:NetProceedsFromRestructuringCirca
577 Amortization period Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:UsefulLivesOrAmortisationRatesIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
578 1076 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Useful Lives Using Calculated to Depreciation (Detail) Network

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579 Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Table] Table

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580 Classes of property, plant and equipment [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
581 Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
582 Equipment and tools [Member] Member cgg:EquipmentAndToolsMember
583 Vehicles [Member] Member ifrs-full:VehiclesMember
584 Aircrafts [Member] Member ifrs-full:AircraftMember
585 Seismic Vessels [Member] Member ifrs-full:ShipsMember
586 Buildings for Industrial use [Member] Member cgg:BuildingsForIndustrialUseMember
587 Buildings for administrative and commercial use [Member] Member cgg:BuildingsForAdministrativeAndCommercialUseMember
588 Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentLineItems
589 Useful lives Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:UsefulLivesOrDepreciationRatesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
590 1077 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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593 Accounts receivable billing description Concept (Text/String) For Period cgg:AccountsReceivableBillingDescription
594 1078 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition and Divestures - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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597 Entity's total for joint ventures [Member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
598 Gardline CGG Pte Ltd [Member] Member cgg:GardlineCggPteLtdMember
599 Associates [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInAssociatesAxis
600 Entity's total for associates [Member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForAssociatesMember
601 Ardiseis FZCO [Member] Member cgg:ArdiseisFzcoMember
602 Argas [member] Member cgg:ArgasMember
603 Borrowings by name [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
604 Borrowings by name [Member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
605 High Yield Bonds Due 2017 [Member] Member cgg:HighYieldBondsDue2017Member
606 Second lien secured senior notes due 2024 [member] Member cgg:SecondLienSecuredSeniorNotesDue2024Member
607 High Yield Bonds Due 2021 [Member] Member cgg:HighYieldBondsMarineDue2021Member
608 First lien secured senior notes due 2023 [member] Member cgg:FirstLienSecuredSeniorNotesDue2023Member
609 Ordinary shares from convertible bonds [member] Member cgg:OrdinarySharesFromConvertibleBondsMember
610 Ordinary shares from senior notes [member] Member cgg:OrdinarySharesFromSeniorNotesMember
611 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
612 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
613 Announcing or Commencing Implementation of Major Restructuring [Member] Member ifrs-full:AnnouncingOrCommencingImplementationOfMajorRestructuringMember
614 Subsequent Event [Member] Member cgg:SubsequentEvent1Member
615 Categories of related parties [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
616 Entity's total for related parties [Member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
617 Creditors [Member] Member cgg:CreditorsMember
618 TAQA [Member] Member cgg:TaqaMember
619 Ad Hoc Committee [Member] Member cgg:AdHocCommitteeMember
620 DNCA [Member] Member cgg:DNCAMember
621 Bpifrance Participations [Member] Member cgg:BpifranceParticipationsMember
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623 Financial liabilities, class [Member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesMember
624 Secured Loans [Member] Member cgg:SecuredLoansMember
625 High yield bonds [Member] Member cgg:HighYieldBondsMember
626 Secured Debt [Member] Member cgg:SecuredDebtMember
627 Convertible Bonds [Member] Member cgg:ConvertibleBondsMember
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629 Ordinary Shares [Member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
630 New Ordinary Shares [Member] Member cgg:NewOrdinarySharesMember
631 Currency [Axis] Axis cgg:CurrencyAxis
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634 EUR [member] Member currency:EUR
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636 Share-based payment arrangements [Member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
637 Backstop Warrants [member] Member cgg:BackstopWarrantsMember
638 Warrants 1 [member] Member cgg:Warrants1Member
639 Warrants 3 [member] Member cgg:Warrants3Member
640 Coordination Warrants [member] Member cgg:CoordinationWarrantsMember
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642 Number of cold-stacked seismic vessels Concept (Integer) For Period cgg:NumberOfColdStackedSeismicVessels
643 Notes issued Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:NotionalAmount
644 Interest rate of notes issued Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
645 Aggregate outstanding principal amount of notes Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
646 Unsecured bank loan received Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:UnsecuredBankLoansReceived
647 Percentage of debt held Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfBorrowers
648 Percentage of share capital Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfShareCapital
649 Percentage of bondholders approved the safeguard plan Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfVotingRights
650 Notional amount as new money Concept (Monetary) As Of cgg:NotionalAmountAsNewMoney
651 Percentage of bondholders approved the safeguard plan Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfVoteInFavorOfApprovalForBuyBack
652 Percentage of shareholders present at general meeting\ Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfQuorum
653 Percentage of shareholders required to be present at extra ordinary general meeting Concept (Percent) As Of cgg:PercentageOfQuorumRequired
654 Reduce of share capital Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReductionOfIssuedCapital
655 Net proceeds of the issuance amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
656 Nominal value of price per share Concept (Share) As Of ifrs-full:ParValuePerShare
657 Final gross proceed through distribution of preferential subscription Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:GrossIssueOfEquity
658 Additional shares issued Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfOrdinarySharesIssued
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660 Share premium par value per share Concept (Share) As Of cgg:SharePremiumParValuePerShare
661 Total demand of shares issued Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:DemandOfSharesIssued
662 Demand of shares issued higher than target amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:DemandOfSharesIssuedHigherThanTargetAmount
663 Share subscription rate Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfSubscriptionOfShares
664 Number of shares subscribed on non-reducible basis Concept (Shares) For Period cgg:NumberOfSharesSubscribedOnNonReducibleBasis
665 Percentage of shares subscribed on non-reducible basis of ABSA to be issued Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:PercentageOfSharesSubscribedOnNonReducibleBasisOfSharesToBeIssued
666 Number of shares subscribed on reducible basis Concept (Shares) For Period cgg:NumberOfSharesSubscribedOnReducibleBasis
667 Maximum number of shares partially satisfied of ABSA Concept (Shares) For Period cgg:MaximumNumberOfSharesPartiallySatisfiedOfSharesIssued
668 Borrowings maturity date Concept (Text/String) For Period cgg:BorrowingsMaturityDates
669 Borrowings interest, floor rate Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRateBasis
670 Borrowings interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsAdjustmentToInterestRateBasis
671 Paid-in-kind interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of cgg:PaidInKindInterestRate
672 Borrowings upfront paydown Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfNoncurrentBorrowings
673 Principal amount, in exchange for part of accrued interest claims Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:NotionalAmountAsExchange
674 Number of shares issued Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOtherEquityInstrumentsGranted
675 Fair value of share issues Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
676 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
677 Exchange rate Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:ClosingForeignExchangeRate
678 Net proceeds from restructuring Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:NetProceedsFromRestructuring
679 Net proceeds from restructuring after payment of financial restructuring fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:NetProceedsFromRestructuringAfterPaymentOfFinancialRestructuringFees
680 Gain on financial restructuring Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:EffectOfChangeInProfitLossToFinancialRestructuringWithSettlementDelivery
681 Increase in equity through issuance of new shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
682 Equity impact on financial restructuring Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:EffectOfChangeInEquityToFinancialRestructuringWithSettlementDelivery
683 Professional fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProfessionalFeesExpense
684 Acceleration of amortization of historical issuing fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:AcceleratedDepreciationAndAmortisation
685 Net proceeds of the issuance amount Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssuingShares
686 Expenses related to share issue Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ShareIssueRelatedCost
687 Former shares required to get new shares Concept (Pure) As Of cgg:StockholdersEquityNoteStockSplitConversionRatio2
688 Price per shares of share newly issued Concept (Share) As Of cgg:PricePerSharesOfNewlyExchangedShares
689 Ownership percentage sold Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInJointVenture
690 Reduction of ownership percentage held by parent and non controlling interests Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:ReductionOfPercentageOfOwnershipHeldByParentAndNoncontrollingInterests
691 Reduction of ownership percentage Concept (Percent) For Period cgg:ReductionOfPercentageOfOwnership
692 Ownership percentage Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInAssociate
693 1079 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition and Divestures - Summary of Consideration Received and The Carrying Value of The Assets and Liabilities (Detail) Network

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696 Fair value of our shares in Global Seismic Shipping AS Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:FairValueOfSharesReceived
697 Total consideration received(a) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ConsiderationPaidReceived
698 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ContributionOfCashAndCashEquivalents
699 Investments in companies under equity method(1) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ContributionOfSharesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
700 Property, plant and equipment, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ContributionOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
701 Finance lease net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ContributionOfFinanceLeaseNet
702 Current portion of financial debt(2) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ContributionOfCurrentFinancialDebt
703 Provisions - current portion Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ContributionOfCurrentProvisions
704 Provisions - non-current portion Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ContributionOfNonCurrentProvisions
705 Other Current Liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ContributionOfOtherCurrentLiabilities
706 Liabilities linked to charter agreements Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ContributionOfCharterAgreementsLiabilities
707 Total carrying value of the contributed assets and liabilities(b) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ContributionOfNetAssetsLiabilities
708 Net gain realized(c)= (a) - (b) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnDisposalsOfInvestments
709 Reduction of the cash burden of the charter agreement(d) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ReductionOfCashBurdenOfCharterAgreement
710 Operating income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:NetImpactInOperatingIncome
711 Other financial income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherFinanceIncomeCost
712 Cost of financial debt, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:OtherCostsRelatedToFinancialDebt
713 Net income (loss) from consolidated companies Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:NetImpactInFinancialIncome
714 Net income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:NetImpactInNetIncome
715 1080 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition and Divestures - Summary of Consideration Received and The Carrying Value of The Assets and Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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717 Joint ventures [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
718 Entity's total for joint ventures [Member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
719 Oceanic Seismic Vessels AS [Member] Member cgg:OceanicSeismicVesselsASMember
720 Eidesvik Seismic Vessels AS [Member] Member cgg:EidesvikSeismicVesselsASMember
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722 Ownership percentage in joint venture Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInJointVenture
723 Net impact of the transaction in operating income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:NetImpactInOperatingIncome
724 Net gain realized Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnDisposalsOfInvestments
725 Reduction of the cash burden of the charter agreement Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ReductionOfCashBurdenOfCharterAgreement
726 Net impact of the transaction in financial income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:NetImpactInFinancialIncome
727 Other financial income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherFinanceIncomeCost
728 Cost of financial debt, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:OtherCostsRelatedToFinancialDebt
729 1081 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition and Divestures - Summary of Issuance of New Shares (Detail) Network

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730 Disclosure of classes of share capital [Table] Table

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731 Types of share-based payment arrangements [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
732 Share-based payment arrangements [Member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
733 Warrants 1 [member] Member cgg:Warrants1Member
734 Warrants 2 [member] Member cgg:Warrants2Member
735 Warrants 3 [member] Member cgg:Warrants3Member
736 Coordination Warrants [member] Member cgg:CoordinationWarrantsMember
737 Backstop Warrants [member] Member cgg:BackstopWarrantsMember
738 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
739 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [Member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
740 Announcing or Commencing Implementation of Major Restructuring [Member] Member ifrs-full:AnnouncingOrCommencingImplementationOfMajorRestructuringMember
741 Disclosure of classes of share capital [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfClassesOfShareCapitalLineItems
742 Number of warrants issued Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOtherEquityInstrumentsGranted
743 Exercise ratio Concept (Text/String) For Period cgg:ExerciseRatioDescription
744 Exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ExercisePriceShareOptionsGranted
745 Maximum number of shares to be issued upon exercise of the warrants (subject to adjustments) Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
746 Expiry date of the warrants Concept (Text/String) For Period cgg:ExpiryDateOfWarrants
747 1082 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition and Divestures - Summary of Financial Restructuring, Cash and Cash Equivalents (Detail) Network

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748 Disclosure Of Cash And Cash Equivalents [Table] Table

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749 Currency [Axis] Axis cgg:CurrencyAxis
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751 EUR [member] Member currency:EUR
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753 Disclosure of cash and cash equivalents [line items] LineItems cgg:DisclosureOfCashAndCashEquivalentsLineItems
754 Cash and cash equivalent Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
755 1083 - Disclosure - Significant Events, Acquisition and Divestures - Summary of Financial Restructuring, Net Proceeds from Restructuring (Detail) Network

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814 Total accounts and notes receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherReceivables
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836 1089 - Disclosure - Inventories and Work in Progress - Summary of Inventories and Work in Progress (Detail) Network

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858 1091 - Disclosure - Other Current Assets and Assets Held for Sale - Summary of Other Current Assets (Detail) Network

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868 1092 - Disclosure - Other current assets and assets held for sale - Summary of assets held for sale (Detail) Network

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904 1095 - Disclosure - Investments and Other Financial Assets - Summary of Investments and Other Financial Assets (Detail) Network

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911 1096 - Disclosure - Investments and Other Financial Assets - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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942 1098 - Disclosure - Investments in Companies Under Equity Method - Summary of Investments in Companies Under the Equity Method (Detail) Network

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968 1099 - Disclosure - Investments in Companies Under Equity Method - Summary of Investments in Companies Under the Equity Method (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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980 1100 - Disclosure - Investments in Companies Under Equity Method - Summary of Variations of Investments in Companies Under Equity Method (Detail) Network

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990 1101 - Disclosure - Investments in Companies Under Equity Method - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1005 1102 - Disclosure - Investments in Companies Under Equity Method - Summary of Main Contributive of Investments in Companies Under Equity Method (Detail) Network

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1815 Cumulative actuarial losses recognized in other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncome
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1830 Present value of the obligation Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DefinedBenefitObligationAtPresentValue
1831 Benefit obligation at January 1 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DefinedBenefitObligationAtPresentValue
1832 Fair value of plan assets at January 1 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PlanAssetsAtFairValue
1833 Fair value of plan assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PlanAssetsAtFairValue
1834 Deficit (surplus) of funded plans Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:SurplusDeficitInPlan
1835 Net liability (asset) recognized in the statement of financial position Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1836 Current service cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CurrentServiceCostNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1837 Interest cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseIncomeNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1838 Effects of curtailments/settlements Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GainsLossesArisingFromSettlementsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1839 Net periodic expense (profit) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedBenefitPlans
1840 Net liability at January 1 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1841 Expense as above Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedBenefitPlans
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1843 Contributions paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ContributionsToPlanNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1844 Past service cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PastServiceCostNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1845 Benefits paid by the Company Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PaymentsFromPlanNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1846 Consolidation scope entries and changes in exchange rate Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangesInForeignExchangeRatesAndConsolidationScopeEntriesNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1847 Other Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughOtherChangesNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1848 Net liability at December 31 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1849 Benefit obligation at December 31 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DefinedBenefitObligationAtPresentValue
1850 Fair value of plan assets at December 31(c) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PlanAssetsAtFairValue
1851 Discount rate(d) Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfDiscountRates
1852 Average rate of increase in future compensation(e) Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfExpectedRatesOfSalaryIncreases
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1857 Net liability, not covered Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetNotCovered
1858 Average duration of the defined benefit plan obligation Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageDurationOfDefinedBenefitObligation
1859 1151 - Disclosure - Provisions - Summary of Changes in Defined Benefit Obligation and Fair Value of Plan Assets (Detail) Network

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1862 Amount recognized in the other comprehensive income Abstract cgg:AmountRecognizedInTheOtherComprehensiveIncomeAbstract
1863 Experience adjustment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ExperienceAdjustmentNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1864 Actuarial changes arising from changes in demographic assumptions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ActuarialGainsLossesArisingFromChangesInDemographicAssumptionsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1865 Actuarial changes arising from changes in financial assumptions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ActuarialGainsLossesArisingFromChangesInFinancialAssumptionsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1866 Return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest expense) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReturnOnPlanAssetsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1867 Sub-total included in the other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GainLossOnRemeasurementOfNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1868 1152 - Disclosure - Provisions - Summary of Major Categories of Plan Assets (Detail) Network

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1872 Debt securities Concept (Percent) As Of cgg:PercentageOfDebtInstrumentsAmountContributedToFairValueOfPlanAssets
1873 Real estate Concept (Percent) As Of cgg:PercentageOfRealEstateAmountContributedToFairValueOfPlanAssets
1874 Other Concept (Percent) As Of cgg:PercentageOfOtherAssetsAmountContributedToFairValueOfPlanAssets
1875 1153 - Disclosure - Other Non-current Liabilities - Summary of Other Non-current Liabilities (Detail) Network

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1878 Research and development subsidies Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:LiabilityOnResearchAndDevelopmentSubsidies
1879 Profit sharing scheme Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:LiabilitiesFromProfitSharingScheme
1880 Other non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentLiabilities
1881 Other non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:OtherNoncurrentLiabilitiesNet
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1885 Long-term debt obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:LongtermDebtObligations
1886 Finance lease Obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayable
1887 Bareboat agreements Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:BareboatAgreementsObligations
1888 Operating leases obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:OperatingLeasesObligations
1889 Total obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:ContractualObligations
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1893 Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1894 Cold stacked seismic vessels [member] Member cgg:ColdStackedSeismicVesselsMember
1895 Vessels Operated [Member] Member cgg:VesselsOperatedMember
1896 Joint ventures [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1897 Entity's total for joint ventures [Member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1898 Global Seismic Shipping AS [Member] Member cgg:GlobalSeismicShippingASMember
1899 Disclosure Of Contractual Obligations [Line Items] LineItems cgg:DisclosureOfContractualObligationsLineItems
1900 Bareboat agreement obligation amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:BareboatAgreementsObligations
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1904 Aggregated time bands [Member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1905 Less than 1 Year [Member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1906 2 - 3 Years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoYearsAndNotLaterThanThreeYearsMember
1907 4-5 Years [Member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFourYearsAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1908 After 5 years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
1909 Presents payments in future periods relating to contractual obligations [Line Items] LineItems cgg:PresentsPaymentsInFuturePeriodsRelatingToContractualObligationsLineItems
1910 - Repayments: fixed rates Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:RepaymentsOfLongtermDebtObligationsFixedRates
1911 - Repayments: variables rates(a) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:RepaymentsOfLongtermDebtObligationsVariablesRates
1912 - Bonds and facilities interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:LongtermDebtObligationsBondsAndFacilitiesInterests
1913 Total Long-term debt obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:LongtermDebtObligations
1914 - Finance lease Obligations: fixed rates Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:FinanceLeaseObligationsFixedRates
1915 Total Finance lease obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayable
1916 Bareboat agreements Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:BareboatAgreementsObligations
1917 Other operating lease agreements Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:OperatingLeasesObligations
1918 Total Contractual Obligations(b) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:ContractualObligations
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1922 Aggregated time bands [Member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1923 Less than 1 Year [Member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1924 1-5 Years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1925 Disclosure Of Contractual Obligations [Line Items] LineItems cgg:DisclosureOfContractualObligationsLineItems
1926 Finance lease Obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayable
1927 Discounting Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AmountByWhichRegulatoryDeferralAccountCreditBalanceHasBeenReducedBecauseItIsNoLongerFullyReversible
1928 Headquarters purchase option Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AmountsPayableToTransfereeInRespectOfTransferredAssets
1929 Finance lease debt (see note 13) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinanceLeaseLiabilities
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1933 Rental expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:RentalExpense
1934 Payment of penalty fine Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:PaymentOfPenaltyAmountSettlementAgreement
1935 1159 - Disclosure - Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Guarantees (Detail) Network

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1938 Guarantees issued in favor of clients (guarantees issued by the Company to mainly support bids made at the subsidiaries level) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:GuaranteesIssuedInFavorOfClients
1939 Other guarantees and commitments issued (guarantees issued by the Company on behalf of subsidiaries and affiliated companies in favor of customs or other governmental administrations) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:OtherGuaranteesAndCommitmentsIssued
1940 Guarantees issued in favor of banks (mainly to support credit facilities) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:GuaranteesIssuedInFavorOfBanks
1941 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:Guarantees
1942 1160 - Disclosure - Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Duration of Guarantees and Commitments (Detail) Network

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1945 Aggregated time bands [Member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1946 Less than 1 Year [Member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1947 2 - 3 Years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoYearsAndNotLaterThanThreeYearsMember
1948 4-5 Years [Member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFourYearsAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1949 After 5 years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
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1951 Guarantees issued in favor of clients Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:GuaranteesIssuedInFavorOfClients
1952 Other guarantees and commitments issued Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:OtherGuaranteesAndCommitmentsIssued
1953 Guarantees issued in favor of banks Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:GuaranteesIssuedInFavorOfBanks
1954 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit cgg:Guarantees
1955 1161 - Disclosure - Analysis by Operating Segment and Geographic Area - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1963 Customer B [Member] Member cgg:CustomerBMember
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1965 Percentage of revenue from major customer Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:PercentageOfEntitysRevenue
1966 Operating revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1967 1162 - Disclosure - Analysis By Operating Segment and Geographic Area - Summary of Analysis by Segment (Detail) Network

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1970 Segments [Member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
1971 Non Operated Resources [Member] Member cgg:NonOperatedResourcesMember
1972 Contractual Data Acquisition [Member] Member cgg:ContractualDataAcquisitionMember
1973 Geology Geophysics and Reservoir [Member] Member cgg:GeologyGeophysicsAndReservoirMember
1974 Equipment 1 [member] Member cgg:Equipment1Member
1975 Segment consolidation items [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentConsolidationItemsAxis
1976 Entity's total for segment consolidation items [Member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSegmentConsolidationItemsMember
1977 Operating Segments [Member] Member ifrs-full:OperatingSegmentsMember
1978 Eliminations and Other [Member] Member ifrs-full:EliminationOfIntersegmentAmountsMember
1979 Disclosure of operating segments [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOperatingSegmentsLineItems
1980 Revenues from unaffiliated customers Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:RevenuesFromUnaffiliatedCustomers
1981 Inter-segment revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:InterSegmentRevenues
1982 Operating revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1983 Depreciation and amortization (excluding multi-client surveys) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpenseExcludingMulticlientSurveys
1984 Depreciation and amortization of multi-client surveys Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:AdjustmentsForMulticlientSurveysDepreciationAndAmortizationExpense
1985 Operating income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
1986 Share of income in companies accounted for under equity method Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
1987 Earnings before interest and tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ProfitLossBeforeInterestAndTaxation
1988 Capital expenditures (excluding multi-client surveys) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:CapitalExpendituresIncludingVariationOfFixedAssetsSuppliersExcludingMulticlientSurveys
1989 Investments in multi-client surveys, net cash Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:InvestmentsInMultiClientSurveysNetCash
1990 Capital employed Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit cgg:CapitalEmployed
1991 Total identifiable assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit cgg:IdentifiableAssets
1992 Capitalized development costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:DevelopmentCostsCapitalizedDuringThePeriod
1993 1163 - Disclosure - Analysis By Operating Segment and Geographic Area - Summary of Analysis by Segment (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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1996 Assets [Member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfAssetsMember
1997 Other Impaired Assets [Member] Member ifrs-full:OtherImpairedAssetsMember
1998 Classes of intangible assets and goodwill [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillAxis
1999 Intangible assets and goodwill [Member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillMember
2000 Multi-Client Surveys [Member] Member cgg:MulticlientSurveysMember
2001 Classes of property, plant and equipment [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
2002 Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
2003 Equipment and Seismic Vessels [Member] Member cgg:EquipmentAndSeismicVesselsMember
2004 Other tangible assets [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
2005 Segments [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
2006 Segments [Member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
2007 Non Operated Resources [Member] Member cgg:NonOperatedResourcesMember
2008 Contractual Data Acquisition [Member] Member cgg:ContractualDataAcquisitionMember
2009 Geology Geophysics and Reservoir [Member] Member cgg:GeologyGeophysicsAndReservoirMember
2010 Segment consolidation items [Axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentConsolidationItemsAxis
2011 Entity's total for segment consolidation items [Member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSegmentConsolidationItemsMember
2012 Operating Segments [Member] Member ifrs-full:OperatingSegmentsMember
2013 Eliminations and Other [Member] Member ifrs-full:EliminationOfIntersegmentAmountsMember
2014 Disclosure of operating segments [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOperatingSegmentsLineItems
2015 Share of income in companies accounted for under equity method Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:ShareOfProfitLossOfAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
2016 Operating Income before costs costs related to the Transformation Plan and impairments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:OperatingIncomeBeforeCostsTransformationPlan
2017 EBIT before costs costs related to the Transformation Plan and impairments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:EBITBeforeCostsTransformationPlan
2018 Non-operated resources earnings before income tax transformation plan Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:CostsRelatedTransformationPlan
2019 Goodwill depreciation Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossGoodwill
2020 General corporate expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:GeneralCorporateExpense
2021 Intangible assets impairment Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
2022 Impairment of tangible asset Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossPropertyPlantAndEquipment
2023 Intra-group margin Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:IntragroupMargin
2024 Capitalized development costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:DevelopmentCostsCapitalizedDuringThePeriod
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2028 Geographical areas [Member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
2029 North America [Member] Member cgg:NorthAmericaMember
2030 Central and South Americas [Member] Member cgg:CentralAndSouthAmericasMember
2031 Europe, Africa and Middle East [Member] Member cgg:EuropeAfricaAndMiddleEastMember
2032 Asia Pacific [Member] Member cgg:AsiaPacificMember
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2034 Operating revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
2035 Operating revenues, percentage Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:PercentageOfEntitysRevenue
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2039 Products and services [Member] Member ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesMember
2040 Services rendered and royalties [Member] Member cgg:ServicesRenderedAndRoyaltiesMember
2041 Sales of Goods [Member] Member cgg:SalesOfGoodsMember
2042 After-sales on Multi-client surveys [Member] Member cgg:AftersalesOnMulticlientSurveysMember
2043 Leases [member] Member cgg:LeasesMember
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2045 Operating revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
2046 Operating revenues percentage Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:PercentageOfEntitysRevenue
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2051 Development costs capitalized Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit cgg:DevelopmentCostsCapitalizedDuringThePeriod
2052 Research and development expensed Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit cgg:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpensedDuringThePeriod
2053 Government grants recognized in income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromGovernmentGrants
2054 Research and development costs - net Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
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