Supplementary electronic material for Chapter 5 Gradmann, S. (unsubmitted). Numerical modeling study of mechanisms of salt canopy evolution and their application to the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Introduction The auxiliary material contains two movie files showing the evolution of selected numerical models used in the study of canopy evolution. 1. Animation_SD1.wmv: Animation of model SD1, showing the growth of diapirs under uneven sedimentation and canopy evolution during subsequent sediment progradation. 2. Animation_BA1.wmv: Animation of model BA1, showing the evolution of a salt canopy via the mechanism of breached anticlines.