Calcisiltite is a type of
limestone that is composed predominantly, more than 50 percent, of detrital (transported)
silt-size
carbonate grains. These grains consist either of the silt-size particles of
ooids, fragments of fossil shells, fragments of older
limestones and
dolomites,
intraclasts,
pellets, other carbonate grains, or some combination of these. Calcisiltite is the carbonate equivalent of a
siltstone. Calcisiltites can accumulate in a wide variety of coastal,
lacustrine, and marine environments. It is typically the product of abrasion and
bioerosion.