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Lithic sandstones, or lithic arenites, or litharenites, are with a significant (>5%) component of lithic fragments, though quartz and feldspar are usually present as well, along with some clayey matrix. Lithic sandstones can have a speckled (salt and pepper) or gray color, and are usually associated with one specific type of lithic fragment (i.e., igneous, sedimentary, or Metamorphic rock).Prothero, D. R. and Schwab, F., 1996, Sedimentary Geology, pg. 100,
Tectonically, lithic sandstones often form in a wide variety sedimentary depositional environments (including fluvial, river delta, and alluvial sediments) associated with . This tectonic setting provides the source of the lithic fragments, either through arc volcanism, thin-skinned faulting, continental collisions, unroofing, and subduction roll-back.
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