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Dawson Geophysical Co. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 3/18/22, at 4:30pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1558370-22-3931   ·   File #:  1-32472

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/18/22  Dawson Geophysical Co.            10-K       12/31/21   78:7M                                     Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    999K 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     33K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     20K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     24K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     88K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    139K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    108K 
                Comprehensive Loss                                               
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     74K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    125K 
20: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     43K 
21: R8          Short-Term Investments                              HTML     23K 
22: R9          Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     25K 
23: R10         Property and Equipment                              HTML     46K 
24: R11         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML     64K 
                Information                                                      
25: R12         Debt                                                HTML     48K 
26: R13         Leases                                              HTML    119K 
27: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     60K 
28: R15         Dividends                                           HTML     23K 
29: R16         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     27K 
30: R17         Advertising Costs                                   HTML     22K 
31: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    105K 
32: R19         Net Loss per Share                                  HTML     56K 
33: R20         Major Clients                                       HTML     41K 
34: R21         Areas of Operation                                  HTML     60K 
35: R22         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
36: R23         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     34K 
37: R24         Concentrations of Credit Risk                       HTML     24K 
38: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     80K 
                (Policies)                                                       
39: R26         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     45K 
40: R27         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML     69K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
41: R28         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     44K 
42: R29         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    120K 
43: R30         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     59K 
44: R31         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    107K 
45: R32         Net Loss per Share (Tables)                         HTML     57K 
46: R33         Major Clients (Tables)                              HTML     37K 
47: R34         Areas of Operation (Tables)                         HTML     60K 
48: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R36         Short-Term Investments (Details)                    HTML     23K 
50: R37         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     51K 
51: R38         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML     32K 
                Information - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                    
                (Details)                                                        
52: R39         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML     28K 
                Information - Other Current Liabilities (Details)                
53: R40         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML     30K 
                Information - Disaggregated Revenues (Details)                   
54: R41         Supplemental Consolidated Financial Statement       HTML     32K 
                Information - Deferred Costs and Deferred Revenue                
                (Details)                                                        
55: R42         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     62K 
56: R43         Debt - Aggregate principal amount and interest      HTML     26K 
                rates (Details)                                                  
57: R44         Debt - Maturities (Details)                         HTML     33K 
58: R45         Leases - Components of Lease Cost (Details)         HTML     32K 
59: R46         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R47         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R48         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     53K 
62: R49         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     47K 
63: R50         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Options (Details)  HTML     25K 
64: R51         Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock         HTML     64K 
                Awards, Restricted Stock Units and Common Stock                  
                Awards (Details)                                                 
65: R52         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     26K 
66: R53         Advertising Costs (Details)                         HTML     22K 
67: R54         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    115K 
68: R55         Net Loss per Share (Details)                        HTML     52K 
69: R56         Net Loss per Share - Anti-Dilutive Awards Excluded  HTML     26K 
                from Calculation (Details)                                       
70: R57         Major Clients (Details)                             HTML     39K 
71: R58         Areas of Operation (Details)                        HTML     36K 
72: R59         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     30K 
73: R60         Commitments and Contingencies - Letters of Credit   HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    134K 
74: XML         XBRL Instance -- dwsn-20211231x10k_htm               XML   1.51M 
75: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     80K 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- dwsn-20211231_cal               XML    194K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- dwsn-20211231_def                XML    400K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- dwsn-20211231_lab                     XML   1.12M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- dwsn-20211231_pre              XML    774K 
 9: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- dwsn-20211231                         XSD    132K 
77: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              352±   502K 
78: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001558370-22-003931-xbrl      Zip    229K

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 5/01/23  Dawson Geophysical Co.            10-K/A     12/31/22   13:1.1M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
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 1/10/22  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:1,5,9   1/10/22   12:243K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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12/17/21  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:1,9    12/14/21   11:214K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/25/21  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:1,2,3,810/25/21   13:860K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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 9/30/20  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:1,2,5,9 9/30/20   12:254K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/21/20  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:1,2,5,9 4/15/20    6:135K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/01/19  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:1,2,8,9 9/30/19    2:250K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/04/18  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:5,9     5/04/18    5:99K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/05/16  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:5,9     5/05/16    3:193K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 2/19/16  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:5,9     2/15/16    8:192K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 6/05/15  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:5,8,9   6/02/15    2:304K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/16/15  Dawson Geophysical Co.            10-K       12/31/14   65:6.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/11/15  Dawson Geophysical Co.            8-K:1,2,3,5 2/11/15    6:737K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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12/05/12  Dawson Operating Co.              10-K        9/30/12   82:5.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/11/08  Dawson Operating Co.              10-Q       12/31/07    7:205K                                   RR Donnelley
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